Hidden Underworld

[Artur Stanisz]

Hidden Underworld
One of my older but still one of my favorite images. I decided to reprocess this image to give it a fresh look.
I have a special relationship with this image. First of all, it was tough to access this crevasse. I spent several hours inside the glacier exploring and photographing. Another reason why I like this image is that it cannot be retaken. This place doesn't exist anymore. It melted away next spring.


Enjoy

 

[Ben Egbert]

Magical. What a great image and story to go with it.

 

[Jameel Hyder]

Spectacular. Print worthy for sure.

 

[AlanLichty]

Well worth reprocessing. The light is incredible and so is the scene. I love the shapes in the ice and no footprints on the floor in front of you.

 

[JimFox]

This is truly beyond amazing Artur. What a magical land this must be! It truly looks like something that was created out of CGI because of how awesome it is. But to know it's a real location and that you got to it, really makes it so special.

 

[Jon Buffington]

Spectacular image!

 

[Douglas Sherman]

Beautiful image, Artur. I would like to hear the rest of the story of how you got down into and out of this crevasse.

 

[Kyle Jones]

Wonderful image Artur

 

[Jim Dockery]

Fantastic image, but as a climber chilling to think about ending up down in one of these. Looks like you might be able to just walk into this one but there aren't any foot prints!? Is it at the terminus, hence the disappearance? Where was it?

 

[MonikaC]

Beautiful. Much more delicate than the ice caves I've been in.

 

[Bob]

This is spectacular!

 

[BlackRockArt]

Hidden Underworld
One of my older but still one of my favorite images. I decided to reprocess this image to give it a fresh look.
I have a special relationship with this image. First of all, it was tough to access this crevasse. I spent several hours inside the glacier exploring and photographing. Another reason why I like this image is that it cannot be retaken. This place doesn't exist anymore. It melted away next spring.


Enjoy

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Artur, this is gorgeous.

Oliver

 

[Artur Stanisz]

Beautiful image, Artur. I would like to hear the rest of the story of how you got down into and out of this crevasse.

Thank you. Sounds like a good topic for the blog.

 

[Artur Stanisz]

Fantastic image, but as a climber chilling to think about ending up down in one of these. Looks like you might be able to just walk into this one but there aren't any foot prints!? Is it at the terminus, hence the disappearance? Where was it?

Thanks. This image was taken on Turner Glacier at the base of Mt. Asgard on Baffin Island. The crevasse was easy to access. It was quite an interesting part of the glacier. This was on the flat part of the glacier where a small lake was created in the summer. This lake was connected with the system of crevasses ( That is why it has a flat bottom). Lake and water in the crevasse was frozen solid when I was there otherwise it wouldn't be possible to access it. I found a small entrance and decided to crawl in. The ice cave got bigger and bigger. At some point ( where this photo was taken) it was about 5 meters high. At the end, there was another entrance that I didn't know about at the time ( that is why there are no footprints).

 

[Jim Dockery]

Thanks for the backstory Artur. I rappelled into creases and climbed back out when I was learning how to climb, but have never crawled/walked into one like that. Goodonya!