Krupnik and Weyapuk (2010) report over 120 Inupiaq terms for sea ice and associated vocabulary from Wales, Alaska, including almost 75 terms for types of sea ice and ice conditions.

UNESCO: Weathering uncertainty in the Arctic

Fiodor shows us his favourite statues before taking a break from the Milanese evening heat at Bar Chocolat - a gelateria boasting over ten different types of chocolate ice cream.

BBC: The Real Milan

It could identify soil types, verify the presence of water ice and dry ice at the poles, and even track traces of water underground.

NEWYORKER: The Martian Chroniclers

There's an important distinction between these two types of objects: Comets are mostly water, ice and dust, while asteroids are mostly rock or metal.

CNN: While you were working: An asteroid just flew by

Sights you can expect to gawk at in awe on your voyage include a variety of points on the Antarctic Peninsula, the South Shetland Islands, a whole mess of seals, four different types of penguins and a starkly beautiful panorama of unforgiving rock, ice, and snow.

FORBES: Get Them While They're Cold: $1 Tickets to Antarctica for Companions

Between the summer of 1999 and early 2002, an unprecedented series of meteorological disasters took place: great swathes of Mongolia were hit by drought, and by different types of zud, winter phenomena that prevent animals feeding either because of ice crusts or heavy snow.

ECONOMIST: Nomadism in Mongolia