Tag: snow

Chasing the Cold

Art + Stories

Experiences

Chasing the Cold

Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tale “The Snow Queen” is full of wintry metaphors. But do today’s younger generations still have the icy cold reference points to understand such symbolism?

Renata Lis

Winter in the North

World + People

Nature

Winter in the North

A series of photos taken by Weronika Izdebska in northern Iceland between 2016 and 2019.

Weronika Izdebska

Everything Is Snow

World + People

Science

Everything Is Snow

With a head full of astrophysics and the help of a certain method called ‘abstraction’, it’s possible to suggest that everything – including you, Dear Reader – is snow.

In the Clouds as in Beehives

World + People

Science

In the Clouds as in Beehives

When, in the winter months, we see snowflakes fall from the sky, their patterns look so intricately delicate. What exactly is the secret to their hexagonal form?

A Wild Boar Chase

Soul + Body

Wellbeing

A Wild Boar Chase

Why go to the Alps when you can – snow permitting – take a cross-country skiing trip mere kilometres from where you live?

Wojtek Antonów

In the Land of the Fluffy Snow

Soul + Body

Wellbeing

In the Land of the Fluffy Snow

During winter, abundant snow in the north of Japan offers plenty to skiers and snowboarders. But that’s not the only reason why you should visit the country’s slopes…

Wojtek Antonów