Ingo Arndt / Research icebreaker ship, Polarstern, breaking through ice, Weddell Sea, Antarctica. Editorial use only.

Kathryn Jeffs / 'Golden Fleece' (base ship of the BBC film crew) as it passes through floe ice off the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, January 2009, Taken on location for BBC Frozen Planet series

Sue Flood / Aerial view of sea ice floe breaking up in summer, Admiralty Inlet, Canadian High Arctic, June 2000

Konrad Wothe / Tourists on Russian icebreaker breaking through pack ice, Antarctica

Pete Oxford / Waves breaking over bow in rough seas Southern Indian Ocean (Russian ice breaker ship)

Jordi Chias / Ice breaking up in Paradise Bay, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica.

Stefan Christmann / Sea ice breaking up with open ocean beyond, below ice shelf. Atka Bay, Antarctica. February 2017.

Sven Zacek / Ice breaking up in spring melt on Lake Peipsi / Peipus, aerial view. Tartumaa, Eastern Estonia. April 2018.

Nick Upton / Winter ice breaking up, Lake Peipsi, Estonia, April 2018.

Pal Hermansen / Ice breaking up with many ice floes, aerial view. Hornsund, Southern Spitsbergen National Park, Svalbard, Norway. May 2018.

Ingo Arndt / Ice calving from terminal moraine, Perito Moreno Glacier, Los Glaciares National Park, Patagonia, Argentina

Ashley Cooper / Arched Iceberg collapsing into the sea, calved from the Jacobshavn glacier or Sermeq Kujalleq, Greenland, July 2008.

Ashley Cooper / Arched Iceberg collapsing into the sea, calved from the Jacobshavn glacier or Sermeq Kujalleq, Greenland, July 2008.

Ingo Arndt / Icebreaker research ship, Polarstern, breaking ice, Weddell Sea, Antarctica (Image not available for advertising use)

David Noton / Waves breaking at Budavik beneath the Snaefellsjokull, Iceland, February 2016.

Theo Allofs / Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) on ice floe, Svalbard, Norway

Wim van den Heever / A glacier calving into the ocean, Svalbard, Norway, July 2013

Konrad Wothe / Russian Icebreaker, Kapitan Dranitsyn, Weddell Sea, Antarctica

Sven Zacek / Aerial view of ice breaking in Halliste river, with Kuresoo bog in the background. Soomaa National Park, Viljandimaa County. Estonia, April 2013.

Sven Zacek / Ice breaking up on Halliste river in spring, Soomaa National Park, Parnumaa county, Estonia, April 2013.

Sven Zacek / Ice breaking up on Halliste river in spring, Soomaa National Park, Parnumaa county, Estonia, April 2013.

Cyril Ruoso / Ice washed up on volcanic sand beach, with waves breaking over it, blurred motion. Near Jokulsarlon, Iceland, August 2003.

Roy Mangersnes / Drift ice with sun breaking through fog, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, August.

Hiroya Minakuchi / Ice breaking off glacier, Greenland, sequence 3 of 3

Jeff Vanuga / Waves breaking against eroded iceberg. Southern Ocean near Antarctica, November 2011.

Staffan Widstrand / Ice breaking up around the coast, Svalbard, Norway, July 2011

Steven Kazlowski / Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) female practises breaking a hole in the pack ice, in the 1002 coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska, USA

Steven Kazlowski / Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) female practises breaking a hole in the pack ice, in the 1002 coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska, USA

Kerstin Hinze / Ship breaking through sea ice. North Sea, Wadden Sea, Germany, February 2012.

Kerstin Hinze / Ship breaking through sea ice. North Sea, Wadden Sea, Germany, February 2012.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Ice calving from the Perito Moreno glacier, Los Glaciares National Park, Patagonia, Argentina, October 2006.

Brent Stephenson / Antarctic minke whale (Balaenoptera bonaerensis) breaking the surface briefly to breath, Skonthorp Cove, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, December.

Kathryn Jeffs / Cineflex camera mounted on the 'Golden Fleece' (base ship of the BBC film crew) as it passes through floe ice off the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, January 2009, Taken on location for BBC Frozen Pl...

Frederique Olivier / Sundog / Parhelion (circle of light around the sun) seen from the back of icebreaker 'Aurora Australis' near Mawson Station, Antarctica, February 2011.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Yellow jacketed tourist on the bow of the "Kapitan Khlebnikov" venturing through pack ice in Erebus & Terror Gulf. Antarctica, October 2006.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Tourist on the bow of the "Kapitan Khlebnikov" in pack ice in Erebus & Terror Gulf. Antarctica, October 2006.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Passengers on the bows of the "Kapitan Khlebnikov" watching the ship break ice. Weddell Sea. Antarctica, October 2006.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Waves break agains the bottom of a large iceberg on a stormy day in Erebus & Terror Gulf. Antarctic Peninsula, October 2006.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Girl breaking up pieces of river ice for drinking water. Verkhoyansk, Yakutia, Siberia, Russia, 1999.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Inuit hunter working to get boat through the pancake ice. Moriussaq, North West Greenland, 1987.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Russian Nuclear Icebreaker "Sovetskiy Soyuz" cutting through sea ice. Arctic Ocean, 1998.

Hiroya Minakuchi / Calving glacier, Alaska

Hiroya Minakuchi / Ice breaking off glacier, Alaska

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Cree hunter breaking ice on frozen lake with his boat. Quebec, Canada, 1988.

Uri Golman / Aerial view of the pack / sea ice, breaking up and melting. Iles de la Madeleine, Magdalen Island, St. Lawrence, Canadian Arctic. March 2008.

Uri Golman / Aerial view of the pack / sea ice, breaking up and melting. Iles de la Madeleine, Magdalen Island, St. Lawrence, Canadian Arctic. March 2008.

Uri Golman / Sea ice breaking up, Jameson Land, Scoresbysund, Ittoqqortoormiit, North East Greenland, March 2009.

Andy Rouse / Coastal mountains with sea ice breaking up, Svalbard, Norway, June 2009

Andy Rouse / Coastal mountains with ice on sea breaking up, Svalbard, Norway, June 2009

Andy Rouse / Ice breaking off, Svalbard, Norway, June 2009

Konrad Wothe / Dawes Glacier calving, Endicott Arm, Inside Passage, Alaska

Ingo Arndt / Ice floe breaking apart, Weddell Sea, Antarctica

Doug Allan / Aerial view of sea ice breaking up in late spring, Lancaster Sound, Canadian Arctic

Doug Allan / Low spring sun over breaking pack ice, Lancaster Sound, Canadian Arctic

Doug Allan / Low spring sun over breaking pack ice, Lancaster Sound, Canadian Arctic

Patricio Robles Gil / Aerial view of lake ice breaking up in spring, Northwest Territories, Canada

Doug Allan / Aerial view of sea ice breaking up in late Spring, Lancaster Sound, Canada Arctic

Doug Allan / Aerial view of sea ice breaking up in late spring, Lancaster Sound, Canadian Arctic

Doug Allan / Aerial view of sea ice breaking up in late Spring, Lancaster Sound, Canada Arctic

Doug Allan / Aerial view of sea ice breaking up in late Spring, Lancaster Sound, Canada Arctic

Doug Allan / Pack ice breaking up in the spring, Kongsfjord, Svalbard, Norway

Colin Monteath / Aerial view of large ice floes, summer pack ice breaking up, Southern Ocean, east Antarctica

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Iceberg breaking up and releasing pieces of ice called bergy bits which float and melt, late summer season, Saglek Fjord, Newfoundland, Canada

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Iceberg breaking up and releasing pieces of ice called bergy bits which float and melt, late summer season, Saglek Fjord, Newfoundland, Canada

Konrad Wothe / Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus) breaking ice, Lake Kussharo-ko, Hokkaido, Japan

Colin Monteath / Russian icebreaker Sovietsky Soyuz breaking solid pack ice en route to the North Pole, Siberian Arctic

Colin Monteath / Tabular icebergs breaking off Mertz Glacier, Terre Adelie Coast, Antarctica

Jim Brandenburg / Lead in pack ice, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada

Jim Brandenburg / Aerial view of pressure ridges and lead in ice, Arctic Ocean, Arctic

Jim Brandenburg / Pressure ridges and lead in Arctic Ocean, Arctic

Tui De Roy / Tabular icebergs among fast ice breaking out in summer, Prince Olav Coast, East Antarctica

Michael Quinton / North American River Otter (Lontra canadensis) breaking through river ice while fishing in the spring, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming

Tui De Roy / Sea ice break-up, aerial view, Transantarctic Mountains, New Harbour, McMurdo Sound, Ross Sea, Antarctica

Dan Burton / Icebergs breaking up in summer, Vatnajokull glacier, Iceland.

Doug Allan / Sea ice breaking up in spring. Kongsfjord, Svalbard, Norway, Scandinavia, Europe

Hiroya Minakuchi / Ice breaking off glacier, Greenland, sequence 2 of 3

Hiroya Minakuchi / Ice breaking off glacier, Greenland, sequence 1 of 3

Onne van der Wal / Russian ice breaking cruise ship "Professor Molchanov", Antarctica.

Onne van der Wal / Glacier and lake with shafts of sunlight breaking through the clouds, Chile.

Shattil & Rozinski / Reid Glacier with chunks of ice breaking off, Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska, USA, May 2011

Konrad Wothe / Russian icebreaker tracking through leading edge of pack ice, Weddell Sea, Antarctica

Ingo Arndt / German icebreaker, Polarstern, breaking ice on Ispol expedition to the Weddell Sea, Antarctica

Flip de Nooyer / Glacier reaches the ocean, South Georgia Island

Konrad Wothe / Russian icebreaker breaking through pack ice, Antarctica

Jim Brandenburg / Pack ice, Arctic Ocean, North Pole, Arctic

Flip Nicklin / Icefloes and coastline, Antarctica

Norbert Wu / Coast Guard icebreaker cutting through sea ice, creates an ice channel that allows marine life to travel deeper into sea ice, McMurdo Sound, Antarctica

Pete Oxford / Waves breaking over bow in rough seas Southern Indian Ocean (Russian ice breaker ship)

Pal Hermansen / Aerial view of ice breaking up in spring from the inner part of the Oslo fjord, Follo, Norway. March, 2023.

Espen Bergersen / Big pieces of ice falling from glacier into fjord. Kongsfjorden, Svalbard, Norway. August.

Sven Zacek / Lake Peipsi / Peipus frozen in winter, with crack and hummock ice on shore. Eastern Estonia. April

Frederique Olivier / Bow of the Aurora Australis into breaking through young ice, Antarctica. March 2015

Stefan Christmann / Emperor penguin (Aptenodytes fosteri) standing on sea ice breaking up in polar summer, Atka Bay, Antarctica. Bookplate.

Espen Bergersen / Lilliehook glacier, calving sequence 2/2. Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway. 25th July 2020.

Espen Bergersen / Lilliehook glacier, calving sequence 1/2. Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway. 25th July 2020.