Skiing on icebergs in Antarctica – in pictures

Daredevil Chris Davenport climbed a 60ft iceberg in the Antarctic – and then skied down it, coming perilously close to taking a dip in the icy waters below. Photographer Greg Von Doersten captured the moment from a nearby zodiac. The team also took on giant peaks and mountains in the remote area
  
  


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The team sailed on a 75-foot sail boat from Ushuaia, Argentina, to the Antarctic peninsula Photograph: Greg Von Doersten /Barcroft India
Antarctica skiing gallery: Antarctica skiing gallery
The team plot their destinations during their ski and mountaineering expedition Photograph: Greg Von Doersten45/Barcroft India
Antarctica skiing gallery: Antarctica skiing gallery
Three skiers climb a near-vertical peak ahead of their attempt to ski down it Photograph: Greg Von Doersten /Barcroft India
Antarctica skiing gallery: Antarctica skiing gallery
Chris Davenport leads a team of skiers up a steep peak Photograph: Greg Von Doersten /Barcroft India
Antarctica skiing gallery: Antarctica skiing gallery
The skiers used mountaineering equipment to access the slopes Photograph: Greg Von Doersten/Barcroft India
Antarctica skiing gallery: Antarctica skiing gallery
Hurtling down a slope. The ambient temperatures fluctuated between minus 15 and plus 10 degrees celsius during the trip, while water temperatures hovered around two degrees celsius Photograph: Greg Von Doersten /Barcroft India
Antarctica skiing gallery: Antarctica skiing gallery
A skier descends a near-vertical slope Photograph: Greg Von Doersten / Barcroft Ind/Greg Von Doersten/Barcroft India
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The team skied for 15 days of the 21-day expedition Photograph: Greg Von Doersten/Barcroft India
Antarctica skiing gallery: Antarctica skiing gallery
Chris Davenport skis down a 60ft floating iceberg Photograph: Greg Von Doersten/Barcroft India
Antarctica skiing gallery: Antarctica skiing gallery
Icebergs can shift buoyancy and orientation so the biggest concern was that the iceberg would shift while Chris skied down it trapping him under the ice Photograph: Greg Von Doersten /Barcroft India
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Penguins pictured in the Antarctic peninsula Photograph: Greg Von Doersten/Barcroft India
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The sun sets over the Antarctic peninsula Photograph: Greg Von Doersten /Barcroft India
 

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