Udo Bernhart

This volume illustrates the fascinating diversity and beauty of Sweden. Sweden, a symbol of Scandinavian idyll, inspires with its falun-red wooden houses surrounded by dense forests, with its quiet bays, long sandy beaches, lighthouses and windmills, colorful boathouses, the glittering sea between archipelagos, the infinite number of lakes, the lonely and wide snow landscapes, dog sleds, reindeer, and moose.

Unique ice formations and vast snow landscapes characterize the regions around the poles. But even far away from these areas, there are huge glaciers; for example, in Argentina, and even in hot African countries you can find fascinating mountain massifs covered by snow and glaciers. With an impressive 460 photos, this volume shows the ice worlds and their inhabitants around the globe. Under severe threat from climate change, they are all the more worthy of protection.