ice

A piece of ice sits on the beach.

Spaceship Earth

I left Earth three times / and found no other place to go. / Please take care of Spaceship Earth. . – Walter Schirra, Astronaut on Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo space flights. Photo by Eric Guth. #meetthenorth #ice #blackandwhite #photooftheday #beach #ocean #arctic #arcticbeauty #spaceshipearth #blueplanet #lovetheworld

Cracks in a sheet of ice over water.

Listen

It’s not a black and white world, no matter what they tell you. Listen for the bigger story. 

#meetthenorth #meetthesouth #antarctica #antarcticambassadors #beneaththesurface #blackandwhite #blackandwhitephotography #seaice #ice

An icy landscape in Svalbard, Norway.

Southbound

I know how much I love snow at the north end of the world. (Beautiful Svalbard pictured here.) It’s time to go see what’s happening at the south end. Antarctica, here I come! #meetthenorth #antarcticambassadors #lindbladexpeditions #meetthesouth #ice #landscape #svalbard

A plow clears an ice road into the distance as Eric Guth stands off in the distance with his camera.

Clearing a path

Gearing up for the Stanley Cup visit to Pond Inlet, Baffin Island. The Hamlet is clearing an ice road out to the nearest iceberg for the coolest photo op! The Cup will travel over the sea ice in a couple of hours. It’s going to be a great afternoon. Photographer @eric_guth is ready to catch…

An iceberg, illuminated as the sun sets.

(Post 3 of 3) Cold light to match the evening. We’ve lit up the local iceberg just as the sky is darkening. Time to fire up the snowmobile and head off to bed.

Three polar bears on the sea ice

National Geographic Exclusive Video: Polar Bear Cannibalizes Cub

Last summer, Jim Napoli on the National Geographic Explorer captured rare footage of a male chasing, killing, and eating a cub. The video we made is now out on National Geographic. This is life in the Arctic, as Wade Davis says here, but viewer discretion is advised. You can’t unwatch this. Shot, narrated and edited…

Zaria stands in front of a large pastel drawing of ice

Zaria Forman

Inspiration lives here. A fabulous visit with artist Zaria Forman left me uplifted and even more in love with ice. It was so special to see this pastel iceberg come to life on a wall in New York City but even more special to learn from the talent, focus, commitment and vision of the artist herself….