Polish photographer David Kaszlikowski took a series of stunning photographs of a glacier in the Karakoram region of Pakistan while on a film expedition. At the Baltoro and Godwin-Austen glaciers near K2, the second highest mountain in the world, he senthis drone on flights to scout the surrounding landscape
The article originally appeared in The Guardian
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At the heart of Karakoram, a glacier formation found at Concordia at the very beginning of one of the longest glaciers on the planet, Baltoro |
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K2 mountain captured on a clear night just before sunrise |
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K2 is the second highest mountain in the world at 8,611 metres above sea level |
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Training climb on the ice features of the Baltoro glacier |
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A photographer uses LED light to ‘paint’ the snow at Karakoram |
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The porters’ tent at K2’s base camp is just a tarpaulin stretched over the stones, left, while the other tents belong to expedition members |
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Expedition members meander between crevasses with the Gasherbrum IV massif visible in the background |
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A view of the Gasherbrum IV massif |
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Balti porters carrying loads which range from 25kg to 50kg, a task they undertake often wearing only basic rubber sneakers filled with fresh grass to stop their feet slipping |
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The porters photographed outside at base camp. They sometimes light fires using rubbish from the expeditions |
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