Juan Carlos Munoz / Broken ice abstract, Jokulsarlon glacier lagoon. Southern Iceland, Iceland, Europe, March 2011.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Looking down on the last glaciers near the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania, October 2008

Steven Kazlowski / Kayaker in front of Bear Glacier, Kenai Fjords National Park, Alaska, USA. No release available.

Peter Cairns / Reflections in glacial fjord, Kongsfjorden, Svalbard, Norway

Mark Taylor / Perito Moreno Glacier, panoramic view, Argentina, January 2010

Orsolya Haarberg / Svi­nafellsjokull glacier in the Vatnajokull ice cap, Skaftafell National Park, Iceland, March 2011

Erlend Haarberg / People walking on Svinafellsjokull glacier in the Vatnajokull ice cap, Skaftafell National Park, Iceland, March 2011

Erlend Haarberg / Rock ptarmigan (Lagopus muta) in snow near glacier, Iceland, August 2010

Erlend Haarberg / Glacier ice on sea shore, Jokulsarlon, Iceland, April 2010

Erlend Haarberg / Subglacial volcanic eruption under the Eyjafjallajokull ice cap with northern lights above the ash plume at night, Iceland, April 2010

Roy Mangersnes / Mist above Monaco Glacier, North west of Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, August

Roy Mangersnes / Juvenile Black-legged kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla) flying over Raudfjorden, North-western tip of Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, September

Shattil & Rozinski / Reid Glacier, Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska, USA, May 2011

Oriol Alamany / Grey glacier over Grey lake, Torres del Paine National Park, Patagonia, Chile

Andy Rouse / Waterfall and ice cliff catching evening light. Austfonna Polar Ice Cap, Svalbard, Norway, August 2011.

Andy Rouse / Waterfall from ice cliffs with ice-cap stretching into the distance. Austfonna Polar Ice Cap, Svalbard, Norway, August 2011.

Andy Rouse / Polar ice cap at sunset. Austfonna Polar Ice Cap, Svalbard, Norway, August 2011.

Andy Rouse / Ice cliff and waterfall catching evening light. Austfonna Polar Ice Cap, Svalbard, Norway, August 2011.

Andy Rouse / Waterfall from ice cliffs with ice-cap stretching into the distance. Austfonna Polar Ice Cap, Svalbard, Norway, August 2011.

Ole Jorgen Liodden / Glacier and mountain peaks. Spitsbergen, Svalbard, September.

Stefan Huwiler / Aletsch Glacier, UNESCO World Heritage Site. Jungfrau-Aletsch-Bietschhorn, Goms, Valais, Switzerland, Europe, August 2008.

Stefan Huwiler / Aletsch Glacier, UNESCO World Heritage Site. Jungfrau-Aletsch-Bietschhorn, Goms, Valais, Switzerland, Europe, August 2008.

Ernie Janes / Franz Josef Glacier, Southern Alps, South Island, New Zealand

Jeff Wilson / Frozen Planet team tent at Lake Hoare Camp, Dry Valleys, Antarctica, December 2009. Taken on location for the BBC series, Frozen Planet.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Drygalski Glacier, which receded 300 metres between November 2008 and 2009, South Georgia, 2009.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Huge blocks of ice teeter, ready to become icebergs on the glaciated coast. Gerlache Strait, Southern Ocean, Antarctica, October 2009.

Brent Stephenson / Steep rock walls of the Tracy Arm, carved out by glacial action over millions of years. Alaska, United States, July 2010.

Andy Rouse / Grey Wolf (Canis lupus) with clouds and a glacier in the distance. Katmai, Alaska, USA, August.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Northern lights (Aurora Borealis) and moon in sky above Jokulsarlon glacier lagoon. Southern Iceland, Europe, March 2011.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Northern lights (Aurora Borealis) and moon in sky above Jokulsarlon glacier lagoon. Southern Iceland, Europe, March 2011.

Inaki Relanzon / Aerial view of the Myrdalsjokull Glacier, in South Iceland, April 2010

Orsolya Haarberg / Glacier ice floating in the Jokulsarlon glacier lagoon, with Fjallsjokull in the background, sunrise, Iceland, September 2010

Orsolya Haarberg / Volcanic ash and lava eruption from the volcano under the Eyjafjallajokull ice cap, steam rises as the flowing lava interacts with glacier ice, Iceland, May 2010

Orsolya Haarberg / Glacial ice floating in the Jokulsarlon glacier lagoon. Iceland, September 2010

Juan Carlos Munoz / Vatnajokull glacier, Southeast Iceland,

Juan Carlos Munoz / Vatnajokull glacier. Southeast Iceland, July 2009

Kevin Schafer / Face of Monaco Glacier, Leifdefjorden, Svalbard, Norway 2010

Kevin Schafer / Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla) flock feeding in from of the Monaco Glacier, Leifdefjord, Svalbard, Norway 2010

Kevin Schafer / Ice detail, Monaco Glacier, Leifdefjorden, Svalbard, Norway 2010

Kevin Schafer / Monaco Glacier, Leifdefjorden, Svalbard, Arctic Norway 2010

Kevin Schafer / Edge of the Monaco Glacier, Leifdefjorden, Svalbard, Norway 2010

Oriol Alamany / Lenga Beech forest (Nothofagus pumilio) and Frances Glacier on the W Trek, Torres del Paine National Park, Patagonia, Chile, January 2006

Oriol Alamany / Laguna Torre and Grande glacier below Cerro Torre (3102 m), Los Glaciares National Park, Andes, Patagonia, Argentina, January 2006

Mike Potts / Mendenhall Glacier in severe retreat, with blue ice indicating where the glacier has recently calved. Juneau Alaska USA, May 2010

Eric Baccega / Icebergs and glacier, Croker Bay, Devon Island, Nunavut, Canada, August 2010

Eric Baccega / Icebergs and glacier under clear blue sky, Croker Bay, Devon Island, Nunavut, Canada, August 2010

Eric Baccega / Icebergs and glacier, Croker Bay, Devon Island, Nunavut, Canada, August 2010

Guy Edwardes / Fjallsarlon glacial lake, edge of Vatnajokull glacier with reflections, Vatnajokull NP, Iceland, June 2009

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Piece of ice the size of a house crashing into Rype Fiord from Eielson Glacier. Scoresbysund, East Greenland, 2005.

Jeff Wilson / Camera crew searching for crevasse to film in, Gorner glacier, near Zermatt in the Swiss Alps, Switzerland. For BBC Planet Earth series, Mountains episode, 2006

Jeff Wilson / Film crew lowering camera into crevasse in Gorner glacier, near Zermatt in the Swiss Alps, Switzerland, for BBC Planet Earth series, Mountains episode, 2006

Steven Kazlowski / Glacial landscape in Smeerenburgfjorden, along the northwest coast of Svalbard, Norway, Europe. July 2009

Neil Lucas / Glacier rising up out of sea ice with ice crack visible, Ross Sea, Antarctica, November 2008

Neil Lucas / Glacier and sea ice, with crack in ice visible, McMurdo Sound, Ross Sea, Antarctica, November 2008

Wild Wonders of Europe / de la Lez / Smeerenburg glacier, Smeerenburg fjord, Svalbard, Norway, July 2008

Uri Golman / Helicopter flying over volcanic eruption near Eyjafjallajoekull glacier, Iceland, 24th March 2010. Volcano previously dormant since 1821.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Jensen / Tent at night next to Russell Glacier, Greenland, August 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Liodden / Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) in front of glacier, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, March 2009. BOOK & WWE OUTDOOR EXHIBITION. Wild Wonders kids book.

Wild Wonders of Europe / de la Lez / Kings glacier, Kungsfjord, Svalbard, Norway, June 2008

Wild Wonders of Europe / de la Lez / Smeerenburg glacier, Smeerenburg fjord, Svalbard, Norway, July 2008

Wild Wonders of Europe / de la Lez / Ice in front of the Smeerenburg glacier, Smeerenburg fjord, Svalbard, Norway, July 2008

Wild Wonders of Europe / Liodden / Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) in front of glacier, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, March 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Liodden / Two Glaucous gulls (Larus hyperboreus) flying past a glacier, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, March 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Liodden / Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) in front of glacier, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, March 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Liodden / Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) in front of glacier, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, March 2009

Andy Rouse / Aerial view of ice ridges at front of Peters Glacier, King Haakon Bay, South Georgia, Antarctica, December 2006

Andy Rouse / Aerial view of Peters Glacier, King Haakon Bay, South Georgia, Antarctica, December 2006

Andy Rouse / Aerial view of ice ridges at the front of Peters Glacier, King Haakon Bay, South Georgia, Antarctica, December 2006

Andy Rouse / Aerial view of meltwater patterns on Peters Glacier, South Georgia, Antarctica, December 2006

Andy Rouse / Aerial view of Peters Glacier, King Haakon Bay, South Georgia, Antarctica, December 2006

Roy Mangersnes / Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) in front of the colourful Von Post Glacier, West coast of Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, March

Wild Wonders of Europe / Liodden / Coastal edge of the Smeerenburg glacier, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 2009

Michael Hutchinson / Edge of the Perito Moreno Glacier, Los Glaciares National Park, Argentina February 2009

Michael Hutchinson / Perito Moreno Glacier, Los Glaciares National Park, Argentina February 2009

Michael Hutchinson / Perito Moreno Glacier, Los Glaciares National Park, Argentina February 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Popp-Ha / View from Gornergrat to Liskamm and Breithorn mountains, with Boarder glacier and Schwrze glacier, Switzerland, September 2008

Inaki Relanzon / Small river from a melting glacier on the way to Landmannalaugar, Iceland, July 2008

Jouan & Rius / Pieces of iceberg calved from Vatnajokull glacier on black sand beach, Iceland 2005

Wild Wonders of Europe / Schandy / Alibek valley near Dombay seen from inside an ice-cave, Teberdinsky biosphere reserve, Caucasus, Russia, July 2008

Wild Wonders of Europe / Schandy / Alibek glacier in Alibek valley near Dombay, Teberdinsky Biosphere reserve, Caucasus, Russia, July 2008

Andrew Parkinson / Landscape showing a glacial valley in the Cairngorms National Park, Cairngorm Mountains, Scotland, UK, February

Orsolya Haarberg / Glacier ice laying on black volcanic sand. rfi, Iceland. June 2008

Orsolya Haarberg / Glacier ice laying on black volcanic sand. rfi, Iceland. June 2008

Orsolya Haarberg / Glacier ice laying on black volcanic sand. rfi, Iceland. June 2008

Orsolya Haarberg / Glacier ice laying on the sea shore. rfi, Iceland. June 2008

Orsolya Haarberg / Hrtrjkull glacier, Vatnajkull ice cap. Iceland. June 2008

Orsolya Haarberg / Glacier ice laying on the sea shore. rfi, Iceland. June 2008

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lesniewski / Grossglockner Mountain at dawn, Hohe Tauern National Park, Austria, July 2008

Andy Rouse / Macaroni penguin (Eudyptes chrysolophus) pair skiing across glacier, South Georgia

Jack Dykinga / Moreno Glacier viewed through Southern beech trees (Nothofagus sp), Glaciers National Park, Argentina

Jack Dykinga / Moreno Glacier calving iceberg in Glaciers National Park, Argentina

Jack Dykinga / Clouds forming aroung the jagged summit of Mount Fitz Roy (Chalten) over Piedras Blancas glacier, in Glaciers National Park, Argentina

Inaki Relanzon / Hiking in the Vatnajkull glacier, the largest in Europe, on the ice-covered Oraefajokull volcano, the largest active volcano in Iceland. Skaftafell National Park, Iceland

Steven Kazlowski / The mountainous coastal landscape of the western Antarctic peninsula

Steven Kazlowski / Crabeater seal (Lobodon carcinophagus) resting on ice along the western Antarctic Peninsula, Southern Ocean

Gavin Maxwell / Rongbuk Glacier with Mount Everest, Tibet, June 07. 'Wild China' series