So, You’re Thinking About an Arctic Adventure ...

The treacherous beauty of calving glaciers poses a watery grave for those who dare too close.

This aerial view image taken on May 3, 2022, shows the Kvitbjorn (Polar Bear, in Norwegian) as it makes its way in the sea ice in the Borebukta Bay, located at the northwestern side of Isfjorden, in Svalbard Archipelago, northern Norway. Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP via Getty Images

In the frostbitten embrace of the Arctic, an array of fates lurk, each more bizarre than the last.

Among these, succumbing to a walrus, a creature armed with formidable tusks, is perhaps the most extraordinary. Imagine being ensnared by this gargantuan mammal, its mouth forming a gaping “O” as it inverts you in a ghastly dance of death, reminiscent of the fates befalling clams and other sea dwellers.