Espen Bergersen / Aerial shot of a Killer whale (Orcinus orca) spyhopping several times close to land, with people watching and taking pictures, Sommaroy, Troms. Norway, January.

Franco Banfi / Diver exploring an iceberg in Greenland Sea. Tasiilaq, East Greenland. April 2018.

Franco Banfi / Diver exploring around an iceberg. Tasiilaq, East Greenland. April, 2018. Ocean Photographer of the Year 2023 - Third place Adventure category.

Erlend Haarberg / Woman pulling a sledge up a slope, Rapadalen, Sarek National Park, Laponia, Sweden, March 2015.

Erlend Haarberg / Photographer silhouetted on Mt Luottotjakka overlooking the Arjep Luottojekna and Nuortap glaciers at sunset, Sarek National Park, World Heritage Laponia, Swedish Lapland, Sweden, August 2013.

Steven Kazlowski / Photographer in front of Northern lights / Aurora borealis glowing brightly over the frozen eastern Beaufort Sea, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska Model released.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Chukchi girls, with their family's ancestral clan mark painted in reindeer blood on their face, a ritual during the Chukchi 'Festival of the Young Reindeer' during which young reindeer are sacrificed....

Sergey Gorshkov / Arctic fox (Vulpes lagopus) with Snow goose egg in mouth, mid moult from winter to summer fur, Wrangel Island, Far Eastern Russia, June.

Christophe Courteau / Tourists and guide using snowshoes on an ecotourism trekking holiday, Svalbard, Norway, June, 2012. Model released.

Franco Banfi / Scuba diver under ice next to large ice formation, Arctic circle Dive Center, White Sea, Karelia, northern Russia, March 2010. No release available.

Franco Banfi / Scuba diver under ice, surfacing to the hole, viewed from underneath, Arctic circle Dive Center, White Sea, Karelia, northern Russia March 2010. No release available.

Franco Banfi / Scuba diver under ice and ice formation, Arctic circle Dive Center, White Sea, Karelia, northern Russia March 2010. No release available.