We asked our readers to send in their best pictures on the theme of "in the cold". Here is a selection of the photographs we received from around the world.
Ian Callen
Ian Callen: "During a recent trip to arctic Norway we spent the day in the Lyngen Alps. We stopped in a 'blink and you'll miss it town', Skibotn, for a hot drink - as the temperature was -10C - in a cafe run by a friendly Icelandic guy. Before getting back in the car, my daughter stood out on this pontoon in the small harbour, and I thought how pure the scene was."
Mario Marquardt
Mario Marquardt: "These colourful frozen leaves greeted me in our garden on a bright and sunny - yet decidedly frosty - morning."
Marianna Klein
Marianna Klein: "A macro photo of a small ice crystal, an ice pellet that fell on the already melting snow."
Mike Robinson
Mike Robinson: "By a turbulent stream, during a very hard frost, some vegetation hanging from a log was being repeatedly dipped and refrozen to transform initial drops into still growing diamonds."
Minna Päivinen
Minna Päivinen: "Having fun with everyday physics on a frozen lake Näsijärvi (Tampere, Finland). Throwing a cup of hot water into the air when the outside temperature was -25C."
Hanna Borkowska
Hanna Borkowska: "This picture was taken last November beside a water reservoir in the city of Gdańsk, Poland. The dog walkers were captured in the morning, with the dogs' breath, and fog over the water."
Pavlina Gavrilova
Pavlina Gavrilova: "These two little cute puppies are warm and feel happy while playing in the snow."
Poppy Gregory
Poppy Gregory: "A little Robin redbreast with speckles of snowflake remaining on its beak. Photograph captured in a woodlands at Maldon, Essex."
Craig Hannah
Craig Hannah: "Within the Skaftafellsjökull Glacier, Iceland."
Adam Nir
Adam Nir: "We went on a spontaneous hike during our holiday vacation in Stowe, Vermont. It was dry down in the town but as we started climbing we were greeted with an intensifying flurry of snow. There's always something magical about a snowy hike."
Jake Thomas
Jake Thomas: "Hot Bank Farm in the snow, a very cold day on Hadrian's Wall, Northumberland."
Deborah Freeland
Deborah Freeland: "My daughter-in-laws, both teachers, enjoying a 'snow day' on Chingford Plains, Essex."
Ulrieke Birner
Ulrieke Birner: "Perito Moreno Glacier in Patagonia, Argentina."
Jude Bytheway
Jude Bytheway: "A polar bear cub rolling playfully in the snow on the pack ice in the Arctic, North of Svalbard."
Seamus McCarthy
Seamus McCarthy: "Snow on the line!"
Jeremy Hughes
Jeremy Hughes: "Seaweed at the tide mark on Loch Leven in Scotland. Just enough hoar-frost towards the end of the day before high tide washed it away. It would be usual to get this type of image early in the morning, but the tide, a rapid drop in temperature and then a burst of late afternoon sun, made it special."
Karthik Subramaniam
Karthik Subramaniam: "Bison are resilient animals, especially in a place like Yellowstone National Park, USA, where they've adapted to some of the harshest conditions."
Greg McDougall
Greg McDougall: "Racing motorcycles on a frozen Lake Superior, Ontario, Canada."
Oliver James
Oliver James: "A British skier carves into a deep ice cave in Garibaldi Park, British Columbia, Canada."
Gill Davies
Gill Davies: "I couldn't resist touching the ice crystals that had formed on the surface of a picnic table at my local park. I left a smile or two for other visitors."
Alison Bell
Alison Bell: "This poppy head skeleton caught the frost beautifully. It had the look of a Christmas bauble."
Tom and Beatrix Beattie
Tom and Beatrix Beattie: "Me and my daughter froze a Lego figure in a Tupperware pot and then lit it from behind with my daughter's phone torch."
The next theme is "wilderness" and the deadline for entries is 23 January 2024.
Ian Callen
Mario Marquardt
Marianna Klein
Mike Robinson
Minna Päivinen
Hanna Borkowska
Pavlina Gavrilova
Poppy Gregory
Craig Hannah
Adam Nir
Jake Thomas
Deborah Freeland
Ulrieke Birner
Jude Bytheway
Seamus McCarthy
Jeremy Hughes
Karthik Subramaniam
Greg McDougall
Oliver James
Gill Davies
Alison Bell
Tom and Beatrix Beattie
