Humans may have spent thousands of years trying to master the art of the perfect sculpture, but these incredible photographs of icebergs show they are no match for nature’s grand design.
Pictured off the Western Antarctic Peninsula, these colossal ice carvings have been whittled away by biting polar winds, freezing water and sub-zero temperatures to form incredible mega structures that take the breath away.
The vast array of frozen sculptures includes ‘Swiss cheese’ icebergs which appear to have deep holes drilled into them and some that have formed gigantic cathedrals of ice.
Others have been moulded into towering pillars of ice or giant polar bridges with several intricate ‘arches’ carved into them by the harsh Antarctic conditions.
Photographer Steven Kazlowski, 40, spotted the gigantic creations as he toured the world’s most southerly continent on a 62ft engined sailing boat.
He said: ‘There’s a lot of shapes you don’t normally see in nature. It’s like they had been crafted by a master carver.
‘The icebergs break off glaciers and some form these tubular icebergs that go for miles.’Others break off of those and the smaller shapes are gradually formed by the wind and water.
‘They can drift back and forth for many seasons around the coast before they float out to sea.
‘To see them, all I could think of was how beautiful nature is and how creative the forces of nature are.’
Icebergs are large pieces of freshwater ice that break off snow-formed ice shelves or glaciers and float in open water.Because their density is only just smaller than sea water, a portion around one tenth of the iceberg usually sits above the surface.
The shape and size of the portion hidden underwater is difficult to judge by looking at the section visible bobbing out of the water.
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