The Ice Cavern (WC 247)
by Michael Anderson
This is a scan of a 35 mm slide. In the winter of 2003, 4 friends and I set out to ski about 70 miles of the great divide route across the icefields of the Canadian Rockies. Along the way we enjoyed (suffered through?) many adventures including a rappel down an icy cliff face in 100 mph winds onto a dangerous avalanche slope, a ski across the thin ice of a thawing lake, and some of the most incredible powder skiing of my life down the face of Mons peak. This image of an ice cavern at the base of the Mons icefield seems to encapsulate the beauty, remoteness and danger I felt on that incredible adventure. People enjoying nature. Canadian Style!
Mike Anderson
www.lightscapephoto.com
Comments
24 commentsVery different and somewhat surreal.
Graeme
This is the underground outflow tract for water flowing underneath the glacier in summer. Of course it is frozen solid in March, allowing us to climb in under the glacier. The continual erosive force of the water has thinned the roof and caused it to collapse where my friends are standing. The winter snow is drifting in through the hole creating that cone of snow. The light is coming down through the hole onto the cone of snow. The light is diffused in the raging snowstorm above us so the light isn't overpowering the dark shadows under the glacier. The light on the ice above the snow cone is a fill flash from my camera. Thanks for looking!
Mike Anderson
www.lightscapephoto.com
It remind me some scenes from the movie "Alien"
This should not only be the WC winner, it should be on NPN's next month cover. A truly unique and incredible image.
Best,
Jose