These fascinating landscapes come from members of the Row to the Pole expedition led by veteran Arctic explorer Jock Wishart.
Click on the shots for a much bigger and better view: all but the last image are taken by Antony Woodford by the way – so thanks Antony!
The expedition sponsored by Old Pulteney Whisky aims to row to the Magnetic North Pole to demonstrate how much ice has gone from the area through global warming, and it certainly seems strange to note that until recent years the rocks and land at these high latitudes probably haven’t seen the sky for hundreds of thousands of years. That’s my guess, but no doubt the expeditions scientific advisers can provide the real figure.
The seriously scary information these rowers want to get across is that at its current rate of melting, the polar ice cap could disappear completely in three decades.
Doubtless this would have a profound effect on our weather systems.
Regular readers may recall reading that boatbuilder and historian Will Stirling is skippering a BBC camera boat following the expedition.
