Most peoples impression of Antarctica is that it is a gray, foreboding place, full of howling winds and bitter cold, and for most of the year it is. On a sunny summer day, however, the true beauty of this remote land is revealed.

Photographed at the southern mouth of the Lemere Channel, this view from Petermann Island looking back at the continent itself was shot on a spectacularly clear day. The icebergs in the distance are the size of office buildings!