Walking On Water Size:Small Most expedition skiing in Antarctica

Most expedition skiing in Antarctica works the peninsula's coastal mountains — boats anchor in bays like this one and the group skins from sea level up the volcanic slopes behind

back enough not to pearl

palm-lined bluff behind

looking out across the ʻAuʻau Channel toward Lānaʻi

000-foot face on the coast can sit a few hundred yards from saltwater

Walking On Water Size:Small Most expedition skiing in AntarcticaLate evening off the coast of San Diego the sea glassed off, swell down to nothing, a single figure on a paddleboard reading as silhouette against a pastel sky. The pastel is the marine layer doing its work: a low band of cloud over the cold California current that diffuses and warms the dropping sun. Luis shoots from the water, lens just above the surface, the swell rolling beneath the camera.