Winter
A time of snow, ice & frost
Published on 14. October 2025
Book
Hardback
224 pages
978-1-83886-552-8 (ISBN)
Description
In winter, nature takes on a new, almost mystical guise. Stripped bare, its bones are revealed and its delicate beauty exposed. Vivid summer hues 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. Winter is December, January, February in the Northern Hemisphere and June, July and August in the Southern Hemisphere. 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.
With stunning photography Winter is a lively display of this icy season across the globe.
With stunning photography Winter is a lively display of this icy season across the globe.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Amber Books Ltd
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Paper over boards
Laminated cover
Illustrations
Halftones, color
Dimensions
Height: 304 mm
Width: 236 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
1346 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-83886-552-8 (9781838865528)
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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.
Content
Contents:
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 Year's Day (New Year's Dive), Netherlands Vienna, Austria Kaiserball, Vienna Innsbruck, Austria Kitzbuehel, 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
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 Year's Day (New Year's Dive), Netherlands Vienna, Austria Kaiserball, Vienna Innsbruck, Austria Kitzbuehel, 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