Wintry landscapes offer innumerable opportunities for the intrepid explorer or the wanderlust traveler. In a celebration of all things icy, the Gestalten Editors present Below Zero: Adventures Out In The Cold.
This gorgeous book profiles all the ways that colder temperatures invite us to interact with nature, from dog sleighs and snowshoes across a snowy plain to ice motocross and figure skating to get pulses racing. It also serves as a travel guide for the exploring kind, with the powdery Alps bathed in the bright winter sun waiting for you to abandon your suit and office for a parka and chalet. From images of stern landscapes to winter sports, Below Zero provides multiple answers for what to do on a snow day.
Photographer Mikael Bucks’ jaw-dropping images explore the frosty beauty of Iceland’s glacier and ice caverns. While Richard Johnson’s portraiture explores the lives of Canada’s ice fishermen. And still, Simon Beck drifts across fresh powder while wearing snowshoes to create intricate drawings and patterns that look like frozen crop circles. Nature’s allure and brutality are all on display in a tribute to these winter wonderlands.