Photographs of Antarctica’s Blue Ice at Eye Level by Julieanne Kost

Julieanne Kost spent several days in Antarctica, moving between icebergs around Black Head, Cuverville Island and other locations. She photographed the blue ice from the water, at eye level.

The ice reads in two parts. White snow sits on top in lumpy, opaque ridges. Underneath it, the ice is blue: columns, arches and scalloped hollows that curve back beneath the overhang, with short icicles hanging off the ledge.

Dark water ripples at the base and returns the ice as a distorted reflection. Nothing else is in the frame, no boat and no animal. More of her work is at Julieanne Kost.