Eerily beautiful, midway between Norway and the North Pole, Svalbard discovered by the Norse as early as the 12th century literally means cold shores. This set was shot in Spitsbergen, Svalbard Archipelago, Norway, 2011.

Dora Kontha's photographs feel strangely clinical even though her subjects are open, free, and majestic. Her grand landscapes somehow feel like intimate studies of our planet, a stunning, powerful waterfall through Dora's lens seems to be delicate and…