Guy Edwardes / Gold Hill in winter, Shaftesbury, Dorset, England, UK. January 2010.

Pal Hermansen / Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla) breeding on house wall, Norway, March.

Pal Hermansen / Red house surrounded by snow-covered trees in winter, Eastern Finnmark, Norway, November 2006. Photo non disponible actuellepment pour de l'édition, veuillez nous contacter si vous souhaitez l'utili...

Erlend Haarberg / Rorbu houses in front of Festhelltinden mountain, Hamnoy, Moskenes, Lofoten, Norway, December.

Peter Cairns / Winter clouds passing over Reine village in Lofoten, Norway, March 2013.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Broad Peak base camp at altitude of 4960 m, with the light of the full moon on Godwin Austen glacier and mountain K2. Central Karakorum National Park. Pakistan. June 2007 Winner of Photographer of the...

Ben Cranke,Ben Cranke / Gentoo Penguin (Pygoscelis papua) nest amongst the buildings at Port Lockroy, Wiencke Island, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Flowering native water lily (Nympaea alba) in an urban garden wildlife pond, Scotland, UK. June.

Franco Banfi / Snow covered Tasiilaq village and surrounding mountains. East Greenland. April 2018.

Franco Banfi / Tasiilaq village and surrounding mountains, in snow. East Greenland. April 2018.

Shane P. White / Temple in winter, Danjo Garan, Mount Koya, Japan

Oriol Alamany / Sheep pen covered in wire to protect livestock from Snow leopard (Pantehera uncia) attack in the village of Kibber in Spiti valley, Cold Desert Biosphere Reserve, Himalaya mountains, Himachal Pradesh,...

Ashley Cooper / Member of the Scottish Avalanche Information Service looks at snow crystals to help assess avalanche risk on Cairngorm in the Cairngorm National Park, Scotland, UK. March 2009

Ashley Cooper / Member of the Scottish Avalanche Information Service looks at snow crystals to help assess avalanche risk on Cairngorm in the Cairngorm National Park, Scotland, UK. March 2009

Ashley Cooper / Member of the Scottish Avalanche Information Service demonstrates how to assess avalanche risk on Cairngorm in the Cairngorm National Park in Scotland UK. February 2009

Robin Chittenden / Black-headed gull (Larus ridibundus) group on frozen pond, Norfolk, England, UK. March 2018

Gavin Hellier / Aerial shot tracking over Blackrock Cottage and Rannoch Moor, Scotland, UK, October 2017. Hellier

Gavin Hellier / Timelapse of clouds moving over Blackrock Cottage and Rannoch Moor, Scotland, UK, October 2017. Hellier

Pal Hermansen / Aerial shot ascending from a ruined house without roof in winter, Akershus, Norway, January 2018.

Nick Garbutt / Jeff Henry clearing snow from roofs at Canyon Village. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA. January

Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstrand / House with snowy mountains behind, Hamn i Senja, Troms County, Norway, Scandinavia, January 2015.

Erlend Haarberg / Arctic fox (Alopex lagopus) in dark winter coat, sleeping near boarded up house, Iceland. April.

Ole Jorgen Liodden / Small village coastal village, Lofoten, Norway, February 2007.

Dong Lei / Traditional houses on mountainside. Kawakarpo Mountain, Meri Snow Mountain National Park, Yunnan Province, China. January 2010.

Dong Lei / Traditional houses on mountainside. Kawakarpo Mountain, Meri Snow Mountain National Park, Yunnan Province, China. January 2010.

Dong Lei / Grey-crested tit (Parus dichrous) perched outside house, Kawakarpo Mountain, Meri Snow Mountain National Park, Yunnan Province, China, January.

Dong Lei / Snow pigeon (Columba leuconota) flock flying past house, Kawakarpo Mountain, Meri Snow Mountain National Park, Yunnan Province, China, January.

Dong Lei / Snow pigeon (Columba leuconota) flock flying past house, Kawakarpo Mountain, Meri Snow Mountain National Park, Yunnan Province, China, January.

Dong Lei / Wheat field and farm house, Kawakarpo Mountain, Meri Snow Mountain National Park, Yunnan Province, China.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / An old, snow covered wooden accommodation building in Sabetta, South Tambey Gas field, Yamal, Siberia, Russia. February 2014.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Modern accommodation buildings in Sabetta, South Tambey Gas field, Yamal, Siberia, Russia. February 2014.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Modern accommodation buildings in Sabetta, South Tambey Gas field, Yamal, Siberia, Russia. February 2014.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Modern accommodation buildings in Sabetta, South Tambey Gas field, Yamal, Siberia, Russia. February 2014.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / An old, snow covered wooden accommodation building in Sabetta, South Tambey Gas field, Yamal, Siberia, Russia. February 2014.

Sergey Gorshkov / Old house covered in snow with setting sun, Wrangel Island, Far Eastern Russia, March 2011.

Sergey Gorshkov / Old house covered in snow with setting sun, Wrangel Island, Far Eastern Russia, March 2011.

Sergey Gorshkov / Snow covered houses on Wrangel Island, Far Eastern Russia, March 2011.

Fabrice Cahez / Clouds over snowy landscape, Plateau d'Aubrac in winter, Lozere, Auvergne, France, December 2013

Nick Upton / Mallard pair (Anas platyrhynchos) foraging on snow covered meadow with Corsham Court in the background, Wiltshire, UK, January.

Floris van Breugel / Yellow tent illuminated in the waning twilight hours on the shores of frozen Garibaldi Lake with a view of Mount Price in the background. Garibaldi Provincial Park. Britisth Columbia, Canada, March 20...

Markus Varesvuo / Willow grouse (Lagopus lagopus) snow hole, Utsjoki, Finland, April.

Markus Varesvuo / Rock ptarmigan (Lagopus muta) snow hole, Utsjoki, Finland, April.

Orsolya Haarberg / Old boat houses in Budalen at the Sloverfjorden. Hadsel, Lofoten, Nordland, Norway.March 2013

Orsolya Haarberg / Muskox (Ovibus moschatus) resting in snow, Dovrefjell-Sunndalsfjella National Park, Norway.

Orsolya Haarberg / Old decaying artillery equipment, Veines, Varanger, Finnmark, Norway.

Orsolya Haarberg / Old house and utility wires in falling snow. Veines, Varanger peninsula, Finnmark, Norway. February 2010

Orsolya Haarberg / View of Sakrisoy fishing village, in the Kirkefjorden. Moskenes, Lofoten, Nordland, Norway. Fish farm pen in foreground

Orsolya Haarberg / View of Reine village along coast, Kirkefjorden, Moskenes, Lofoten, Nordland, Norway.

Orsolya Haarberg / Reine village on coast, Moskenes, in winter. Lofoten, Nordland, Norway.

Konstantin Mikhailov / Oak trees did not suffer from effects of ice and snow as happened with Birches. Oaks have different structure of crown. January 2011. Central part of Russia, Moscow Region.

Winfried Wisniewski / Gray Wolf (Canis lupus) pack in snow re-establishing social structure, Poland

Matthias Breiter / Tlingit Totem Pole at Saxman Native Village, Ketchikan, Alaska

Matthias Breiter / Tlingit totem pole and longhouse at Saxman Native Village, Ketchikan, Alaska

Andy Reisinger / Ice encrusted Syme hut on Fatham's Peak, Mount Egmont National Park, New Zealand

Colin Monteath / Rangdum Gompa monastery in winter with skiers approaching from Panzi La, Kindom of Zanskar, India

Colin Monteath / Snow covered chortens, near Panzi La, Kingdom of Zanskar, Himalaya, India

Colin Monteath / Karsha Gompa monastery after winter snowfall, Kingdom of Zanskar, Himalaya, India

Colin Monteath / Karsha Gompa monastery after winter snowfall, Kingdom of Zanskar, Himalaya, India

Doug Allan / Man making igloo, Admiralty Inlet, Canadian Arctic Sequence (Isaac Shooyuk)

Shane P. White / Temple in winter, Danjo Garan, Mount Koya, Japan

Gavin Hellier / Aerial shot of the snow covered landscape around Grasmere village, Lake District National Park, Cumbria, UK.

Gavin Hellier / Aerial shot of the snow covered landscape around Grasmere village, Lake District National Park, Cumbria, UK.

Gavin Hellier / Aerial shot of the snow covered landscape around Grasmere village, Lake District National Park, Cumbria, UK.

Pal Hermansen / Small cottage at edge of frozen lake covered in snow with forest in background, Odalen, Innlandet, Norway. January, 2018.

Doug Allan / Trans Alaska pipeline with insulated support structure, Fairbanks, Alaska.

Orsolya Haarberg / Summer mountain farm houses nestled in lichen-covered mountains with passing snow showers in the background, Grimsdalen, Dovre, Norway. September.

Pal Hermansen / Eurasian bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula) pair perched on snow covered wood pile in front of old farmhouse. Norway.

Roland Seitre / Svalbard reindeer (Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus) herd grazing in tundra next to coastal house, Longyearbyen, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, April 2012.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Cross country skier outside Ryvoan Bothy at night, Abernethy National Nature Reserve, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK. January, 2021.

Franco Banfi / Houses along the waterfront, Svolvaer, Lofoten Islands, Norway. October, 2006.

Konrad Wothe / Arctic fox (Vulpes lagopus), blue morph in winter coat, near houses, Hornstrandir, Iceland. March.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / The Polar Inuit village of Moriussaq during polar night, Northwest Greenland.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Man walking across a bridge and houses in the Inuit community of Qaanaaq, on the shore of Inglefield Bay. Northwest Greenland.

Michael W. Richards / Fieldfares (Turdus pilaris) and Blackbird (Turdus merula) fighting to feed on apples on snow covered ground, Somerset, UK, March.

Pal Hermansen / Mountain cottage in fog. Golsfjell region, Buskerud, Viken, Norway. February 2020.

Ashish & Shanthi Chandola / Mountain village in snow, view into valley. North Sikkim, India. April 2019.

Guy Edwardes / Cottages on Gold Hill in winter snow, Shaftesbury, Dorset, England, UK, February 2009.

Erlend Haarberg / Moose (Alces alces), calves near house in winter, Jokkmokk, Sweden, February.

Erlend Haarberg / Mountain hare (Lepus timidus) in spring outside a Norwegian house, Vauldalen, Norway, May.