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Encompassing the northern parts of Scandinavia, Russia, Canada, Greenland and Alaska, it’s as vast as Europe in size and characterized by its distinctly polar climate and wildlife.

Antarctica is instead a pristine frozen wilderness, awash in blue and white and full of towering icebergs, calving glaciers, miles-long ice floes and snow-covered mountains. Not even home to a single land-based mammal, it’s ruled exclusively by marine and bird life – most famously its penguins, but multiple species of seals, whales and birds are all to be found here.

Partly sitting within the Arctic Circle, it comes with a cold, polar climate, and is home to more than half of the world’s glaciers. But its diverse landscapes also encompass towering mountains and breathtaking granite cliffs, vast Arctic tundra, lush rainforests, volcanic islands, stunning fjords and pristine waterfalls. Wildlife such as orcas and humpback whales, grizzly bears, seals, eagles, moose and vast numbers of seabirds are impressively common sights, while the indigenous cultures and fascinating gold-rush history round off what is a destination with a lot to offer.