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A cone with two nieves flavors: mole and beer.
Dolores Hidalgo, Mexico

Nieves Exóticas of Jardín Principal

Meat and seafood are part of the frozen dessert flavors available at these legendary street stands.
Antarctica is always cold, and for much of the year, it's really dark, too.
science

Antarctica Is Stark, Beautiful, and Will Shrink Your Brain

The impact of 14 months at the edge of the world.
Jessica Leigh Hester December 13, 2019
The vibrant colors are enchanting but they may in fact be a sign of pollution.
nature

China’s Dead Sea Is a Visual Feast

Yuncheng Lake is one of the country's oldest salt-production sites.
Reina Gattuso November 27, 2019
Mongolia's perennial ice patches are receding and disappearing.
archaeology

Mongolia’s Disappearing Ice Patches Threaten Both the Past and the Present

Reindeer herders and archaeologists must adapt to the new normal.
Isaac Schultz November 20, 2019
Kakigori, pictured here on the streets of New York City.
japan

How American Gunboat Diplomacy Helped Democratize Japanese Shaved Ice

One show of force had a cooling effect on Japanese summers.
Luke Fater September 5, 2019
The 73-mile-long Inuvik-Aklavik Ice Road forms each year when the Mackenzie River freezes over.
roads

Canada's Ice Roads Are Melting Too Soon

Climate change is fraying these seasonal lifelines, causing hardships for the remote towns that rely on them.
Karen Gardiner August 23, 2019
Glaciers regularly fluctuate with seasons, and the ice tunnel gets shorter as the summer stretches into fall.
grottoes

Swaddling Glaciers in Blankets Isn’t the Oddest Idea for Extending Their Lives

As glaciers and ice sheets keep dwindling, scientists are proposing everything they can think of.
Jessica Leigh Hester August 23, 2019
Before he became a legendary football player, Harold "Red" Grange worked a summer as an iceman to get in shape.
music

When Everyone Wanted to Be the Iceman

Before refrigeration, New York's ice-delivery men inspired raunchy jokes.
Kelly Robinson August 23, 2019
Many sno-balls. Many colors.
food

The Family Dynasty That Pursues Perfection in Shaved Ice

For three generations, the Hansens have made summer sno-ball season in New Orleans.
R. Blakeslee Gilpin August 21, 2019
Lake Abraham.
Alberta

Lake Abraham

The frozen bubbles that form on the icy surface of this Canadian lake contain enough methane to create a small explosion.
Bayfield, Prince Edward Island

Confederation Bridge

This engineering marvel is the longest bridge in Canada and one of the longest spans in the world.
Siachen Glacier.
India / Pakistan

Siachen Glacier

This disputed mass of ice is home to the highest battleground on Earth.
Oblique view of Himalayan landscape captured by a KH-9 HEXAGON satellite on December 20, 1975, on the border between eastern Nepal and Sikkim, India.
glaciers

How Old Spy Satellites Helped Scientists Peek In on Shrinking Himalayan Glaciers

Declassified reconnaissance images to the rescue.
Jessica Leigh Hester June 19, 2019
An iceberg drifts down Iceberg Alley.
Newfoundland and Labrador

Iceberg Alley

Hundreds of enormous icebergs drift through this waterway every year.
Getting to an answer involved collecting data with floating sensors that drifted beneath the ice.
science

What's Up With Those Deep Gashes in Antarctic Ice?

Researchers just got a closer look.
Jessica Leigh Hester June 13, 2019
The Lake Michigan crucifix under water and ice.
Petoskey, Michigan

Lake Michigan Crucifix

Winter weather reveals a large Italian marble crucifix drowned beneath Lake Michigan.
Ibi, Spain

Pozo de Nieve Roundabout

A replica of the ice houses that once formed the basis of a local ice cream industry sits proudly in the middle of traffic.
New Orleans, Louisiana

Hansen's Sno-Bliz Snoballs

The first patented shaved-ice machine heralded a snowy wonderland of iced treats at a favorite New Orleans summer shack.