In winter, nature takes on a new, almost mystical guise. Stripped bare, its bones are revealed and its delicate beauty exposed. Colours drain away, fading to sepia brown and inky black, focusing the eye on shape and texture and encouraging us to slow down and appreciate the breathtaking beauty and detail of nature. Experience the tranquil beauty and stillness of the coldest months of the year through incredible images of every continent. The concept of winter in European languages is associated with the season of dormancy. In Persian culture, the winter solstice is called Yalda meaning birth and it has been celebrated for thousands of years. It is referred to as the eve of the birth of Mithra, who symbolised light, goodness and strength on earth. Winter is December, January, February in the Northern Hemisphere and June, July and August in the Southern Hemisphere. With stunning colour photography Winter is a lively display of this icy season in all four corners of the globe.
- Over 200 colour photographs of stunning scenery and wildlife
- Includes fascinating glimpses of frozen and hibernating flora and fauna
- A perfect gift for any fan of wildlife and nature
Featuring more than 200 vivid photographs, Winter offers a pictorial exploration of this icy season in all its majesty from the peaks of Antarctica to snow in the Sahara.
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Photographic guide to this fascinating and diverse season around the world
Contents to include:
Asia South Korea Eobi Ice Valley, Sanjeong Sled and Duck Festivals Lighting
Festival, Garden of Morning Calm, South Korea Japan Hokkaido hot spring,
Miyama, Gifu, Mt. Fuji Japanese macaques in hot spring in snow Lake Shikotsu
Ice Festival, Hokkaido Sapporo Snow Festival Yokote Snow Festival, Akita
Tsunan Snow Festival, Niigata Snow Monsters of Mount Zao, Japan Himalayas
(Manali) skiing/snow Bandipur, Nepal Lhasa, Tibet, including Monlam
festival Shimla, India skiing and ice skating Makar Sankranti festival with
kites, India Chengdu, China Huangshan, China Chinese New Year celebrated in
China Harbin Ice Festival, China Taiwan Sky Lantern Festival Mongolia, yurts
etc, in snow Cappadocia, Turkey Almaty, Kazakhstan, including winter sports
Siberian coniferous forest and its animals Lake Baikal frozen, icicles, ice
caves, Russia Ice caves/snow vaults, Mutnovsky, Kamchatka, Russia Gobi Desert
Yalda Night
Europe Arctic Ocean sea ice Tallinn, Estonia Lapland, Finland Turku, Finland
Copenhagen, Denmark Faroe Islands, Denmark Risalamande, Denmark Fjords,
Norway Ice hotel, Lapland Father Christmas, Lapland Lofoten Islands, Norway
Northern Lights from Lofoten Polar bears, reindeer, etc on Svalbaard Geilo,
Norway Ice caves, Iceland Prague, Czechia The Highlands, Scotland Edinburgh,
Scotland (Hogmanay) Up Helly Aa, Scotland Curling outdoors in Scotland
Christmas tree in Trafalgar Square, London Ice skating at Somerset House
Pantomime, England Mince pies, Christmas cake, mulled wine, England Winter
solstice, Stonehenge Dublin, Ireland Dolomites, Italy Venice, Italy
Pannetone, Italy La Befana, Italy Grandvalira, Andorra Pyrenees, France and
Spain Pavo Trufado de Navidad, Spain Carnaval de Santa Cruz de Tenerife,
Spain Grenoble, France Courchevel, France Buche de Noel, France Thirteen
Desserts, Provence Erfurt, Germany Bavarian Alps, Germany Nuremburg Christmas
Market Berlin Christmas Markets Weihnachtsmarkt, Ravenna, Germany market
Christstollen (stollen), Germany Lebkuchen, Germany Christmas cookies,
Germany Gingerbread houses, Germany Bruges, Belgium Carnival of Binche,
Belgium Light Festival, Amsterdam Swimming in sea on New Years Day (New
Years Dive), Netherlands Vienna, Austria Kaiserball, Vienna Innsbruck,
Austria Kitzbühel, Austria Krampus, Austria Hallstatt, Austria Budapest,
Hungary Beigli, Hungary Grindlewald, Switzerland Alps, Switzerland Riga,
Latvia Vilnius, Lithuania Kaunas, Lithuania Zagreb, Croatia Transylvania,
Romania Imbuljuta Tal-Qastan, Malta Snowboarding in named place Skiing, both
outdoors and cross-country, Ski jumping Ice-skating on natural lake Skijoring
in Norway Sledding Dog sledding in Scandinavia Bobsleigh Snowkiting Animals
in winter: robin, squirrel, reindeer, wolf, deer, wild boar, snowy owl,
Arctic fox
North America Ilulissat, Greenland New York skating, Brooklyn Bridge in
snow, etc Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah Monument Valley Sonoran Desert
Abraham Lake, Alberta Horsetail Falls, Yosemite National Park, California
Fairbanks, Alaska Chena Hot Springs Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Racetrack Playa, Death Valley National Park Ouray Ice Park, Colorado Death
Valley, California Sequoia National Park, California Bosque del Apache
National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico Rideau Canal Skateway, Ottowa Minnehaha
Falls, Minneapolis, Minnesota Hotel de Glace, Quebec City Charlottetown,
Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia Niagara Falls, New York Marble Mountain,
Newfoundland Grouse Mountain, British Columbia Winterlicious, Toronto
Goldstream Provincial Park, Victoria Festival du Voyageur, Winnipeg Haffner
Creek, Kootenay National Park Ringette in Canada Broomball in Canada Ice
hockey World Ski and Snowboard Festival, Whistler Snowboarding in Aspen
Snowshoeing Arctic Winter Games Carnaval de Quebec, Canada Winterlude, Ottawa
Toonik Tyme, Iqaluit Caribou Carnival, Yellowknife Yukon Sourdough
Rendezvous, Yukon
South America Atacama Desert, Chile Eastern Island, Chile Ibera Wetlands,
Argentina Torres del Paine National Park, Patagonia Peninsula Valdes,
Patagonia, Argentina Ushuaia Tierra del Fuego, Patagonia Galapagos Island,
Ecuador Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica Uyuni salt flats, Bolivia Huayna Potosi,
Bolivia Bocas del Torro, Panama, Tulum, Mexico Fernando de Noronha, Brazil
Cartagena de Indias, Colombia Ambergris Caye, Belize Penitentes (pinnacles of
ice), Andes Altiplano Inti Raymi solstice festival, Cusco, Peru Inti Raymi
solstice festival, Otavalo, Ecuador Winter solstice festival, Tiahuanaco,
Bolivia Animals in winter: pictured in winter snow/ice/visible cold: puma,
llama, Andean flamingo, rhea
Australia/Oceania Mindil Beach Sunset Markets Buley Rockhole, Litchfield
National Park Nitmiluk National Park El Questro Homestead Bungle Bungle
Ranges Alice Springs Ayers Rock/Uluru Thredbo, New South Wales Perisher, New
South Wales Falls Creek, Victoria Mount Hotham, Victoria Uluru-Kata Tjuta
National Park Winter Wonderlights Festival, Melbourne Mount Buller and Mount
Baw Baw Thermal hot spring, Mornington Peninsula, Melbourne Cradle Mountain
Lake St Clair National Park, Tasmania Truffle Festival, Canberra Yulefest,
Blue Mountains, Sydney Mount Hutt, New Zealand Mount Cook, New Zealand Franz
Josef Glacier, New Zealand Tongariro Crossing, New Zealand Southern Lights
(auroras), South Island, New Zealand Lake Wanaka, New Zealand Heiva,
Polynesia Surfing competition in Polynesia Animals in snow, for example in
Tasmania: kangaroo, wombat
Africa and the Middle East Mount Kilimanjaro (snow covered), Tanzania Maasai
Mara, Kenya Serengeti, Tanzania the Great Migration Ngorongoro Crater,
Tanzania Zanzibar, Tanzania Laikipia Plateau, Kenya The Garden Route, South
Africa Knysna Oyster Festival, South Africa Cape Town, South Africa The
Kalahari, South Africa Tan Tan music festival, Morocco Atlas Mountains,
Morocco Sahara with snow Algeria/Morocco Kakum National Park, Ghana Muscat,
Oman Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Doha, Qatar Wadi Rum Desert, Jordan
Beirut, Lebanon Faraya, Lebanon (snowy) The Cedars, Lebanon Manama, Bahrain
Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem, in snow Bethlehem church in snow Hanukkah in
Israel Sinai with camels in snow Tantora Festival, Saudi Arabia Flamingos or
other winter-visiting birds in Ras al Khor bird sanctuary only in winter
Antarctica Penguins, seals etc on land in winter
Claudia Martin is a travel writer who has contributed to many guide books and magazines. She is also the author of books on history, geography and culture for adults and young people. She lives in London, UK.
