360-degree panoramas are more and more the rage because they are wonderfully immersive and give users the chance to explore a space themselves. Panoramas of the polar regions are especially interesting, as very few people get the chance to visit these places, so anything that gives us an inkling of what it is like there is welcome.

The latest issue of VRMag, an online magazine of panoramic photos, contains a huge collection of polar and ice-themed panoramas. Here is a brief description of what is inside:

Jordi Clariana, takes you on a 2 weeks photographic expedition to the Svalbard Island; Witek Katzskin, who lives and works at the Horsund polish Polar station shares his experiences; Dr Matt Nolan studies the impacts of climate change on the arctic landscape; Rodion Galanev travels to Karelia, a.k.a. the region of thousands lakes, Werner Weber captures the St Moritz White Turf Horse race, Jean-Pierre Lavoie, in Quebec City, shoots the Red Bull Crashed Ice skating competition; Keiji Yokotani takes you to the Shikotsu Ice festival in Japan; Yvan Van Hoorickx invites you to the indoor Snow & Ice Sculpture Festival in Bruges; Tabb Firchau shoots from a RC helicopter a partially frozen Green Lake in Seattle Washington...