By Emma Reynolds PUBLISHED: 12:41 EST, 29 January 2013 | UPDATED: 18:26 EST, 29 January 2013 These remarkable pictures show water crashing from a melting glacier 160 feet into the ocean at the Arctic Circle. Tiny seagulls flitting around the frozen landscape and fishermen's trawlers dwarfed by gigantic icebergs emphasise the awe-inspiring scale of the scene. The images were captured by Swedish photographer Hans Strand, 57, who took his life in his hands by exploring the extreme climate of the inhospitable north on a small ship. Ice sculpture: The frozen water forms unique shapes on the water in Svalbard, as brave photographer Hans Strand sails past on his tiny ship
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Breathtaking images captured by photographer Hans Strand, 57, on journey through Greenland, Iceland and Norway
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Mr Strand covered more than 1,000 miles of ocean on his daring expedition
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The Swedish tutor says he was once almost killed by a collapsing ice cave in the dangerous North
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