Stories - 10 Sports To Try This Winter (27) More files...
Summer is fast approaching. But before you reach for your board-shorts, why not make the most of the cold weather? From hill walking to ice-surfing, winter is the new adventure playground. This exciting pictorial features ten alternative winter sports with advice on how and where to try them.

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Kayaking among turquoise icebergs at the foot of Bear Glacier in the Kenai Fjords National Park, Kenai Peninsula, Alaska.
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Onne van der Wal / Kayaking among turquoise icebergs at the foot of Bear Glacier in the Kenai Fjords National Park, Kenai Peninsula, Alaska.
Couple kayaking through glacial ice in a tandem kayak in Alaska, USA. 2001
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Onne van der Wal / Couple kayaking through glacial ice in a tandem kayak in Alaska, USA. 2001
Group of hill walkers climb ridge in winter in Cairngorms NP, Scotland, UK
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Pete Cairns / Group of hill walkers climb ridge in winter in Cairngorms NP, Scotland, UK
A man walking in snowshoes in Tuckerman Ravine, White Mountains, New Hampshire, USA. model released
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Jerry Monkman / A man walking in snowshoes in Tuckerman Ravine, White Mountains, New Hampshire, USA. model released
Hikers near Mount Cook, Aoraki National Park, South Island, New Zealand
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David Noton / Hikers near Mount Cook, Aoraki National Park, South Island, New Zealand
Skidoo cross, person on skidoo off the ground, Saami Easter, Kautokeino, Norway
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Staffan Widstrand / Skidoo cross, person on skidoo off the ground, Saami Easter, Kautokeino, Norway
Skidoo-cross, person on skidoo off ground with snow everywhere, Saami Easter, Kautokeino, Norway
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Staffan Widstrand / Skidoo-cross, person on skidoo off ground with snow everywhere, Saami Easter, Kautokeino, Norway
Skidoo crossing open leads, Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada. Model released.
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Staffan Widstrand / Skidoo crossing open leads, Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada. Model released.
Man on skidoo racing across ice, Baffin Island, Canadian Arctic, Northwest Territories
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Staffan Widstrand / Man on skidoo racing across ice, Baffin Island, Canadian Arctic, Northwest Territories
Doug Allan driving skidoo near Arctic Bay, Nunavut, Baffin Island, Canadian Arctic, June 2000
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Sue Flood / Doug Allan driving skidoo near Arctic Bay, Nunavut, Baffin Island, Canadian Arctic, June 2000
Blachford Lake Lodge, an environmentally friendly and remote fly-in lodge, and man on skidoo, Northwest Territories, Canada. March 2007
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Eric Baccega / Blachford Lake Lodge, an environmentally friendly and remote fly-in lodge, and man on skidoo, Northwest Territories, Canada. March 2007
Surfing on frozen ice surface of lake, Sweden
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Bengt Lundberg / Surfing on frozen ice surface of lake, Sweden