Winter Wonderlands | Whistle 100.5

Nothing is more breathtaking than a quiet, peaceful landscape lovingly hugged by pure, diamond-studded snow! A hushed winter wonderland inspires relaxation and introspection as the eyes take in the awe-inspiring beauty. Take a visual trip around the globe to see some of the world's most beautiful snowscapes:

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CANADA | Spirit Island, Jasper, Province of Alberta
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CANADA | Banff, Province of Alberta
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GERMANY | Loisach River on Lake Kochel (Kochelsee) against Heimgarten Mountain, Bavaria
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NORWAY | Lofoten Islands, Nordland County
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FINLAND | Riisitunturi National Park, Posio, Lapland
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ITALY | Mount Disgrazia. Valmalenco, Valtellina, Lombardy
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NORWAY | Tanafjordveien Road, Tana, Troms og Finnmark
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ANTARCTICA | Iceberg near Cape Darnley, Southern Ocean
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CALIFORNIA, USA | Merced River, Yosemite National Park
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OREGON, USA | Crater Lake with Wizard Island on left
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CHINA | Chifeng, Inner Mongolia
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NORWAY | Village Hamnoy, Lofoten Islands
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CANADA | Abraham Lake, Province of Alberta
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CANADA | Peggy's Cove Lighthouse, Nova Scotia
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ITALY | Mont Blanc (meaning white mountain) in the Italian Alps
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GERMANY | Gebirgslandschaft
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JAPAN | Kenroku-en is one of the Three Great Gardens located in Kanazawa, Ishikawa
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ITALY | Misurina Lake, Dolomites
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Delaware, USA | Lake in Newark
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NORWAY | Lofoten Islands, Nordland County
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ENGLAND | English Lake District - A National Park in Cumbria
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JAPAN | Yamanakako-mura located in Yamanashi Prefecture
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ENGLAND | Nine Stones Close, Derbyshire
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RUSSIA | City of Moscow and Moskva River
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JAPAN | Red Bridge across Tadami River near Aizu Miyashita Station, Mishima, Fukushima
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WASHINGTON, USA | Lummi Island, Puget Sound Area
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JAPAN | Zao mountain range in Yamagata Prefecture
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ITALY | The Pragser Wildsee, or Lake Prags, in the Prags Dolomites in South Tyrol
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CANADA | Hopewell Rocks in New Brunswick
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AUSTRIA | Mondsee Lake in the Vöcklabruck District in the state of Upper Austria
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NORWAY | Haukland beach, Vestvagoy, Nordland
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UKRAINE | Alpine fields in the Carpathians
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CANADA | Calgary, Alberta
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WASHINGTON, USA | Mount Rainier
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GERMANY | Watzmann massif in the Bavarian Alps, National Park Berchtesgadener Land, Bavaria
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SPAIN | The famous screw in El Torcal de Antequera, a nature reserve in the Sierra del Torcal mountain range located south of the city of Antequera, in the province of Málaga, in Andalusia.
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FRANCE | Ski resort in French Alps, Tignes, Tarentaise
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IRELAND | Tramore Beach, Kilkenny
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SCOTLAND | Highlands, Glencoe, Buachaille Etive Mor
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GREENLAND | Iceberg arch near Ilulissat Icefjord, Ilulissat, Disko Bay, Arctic Ocean, a UNESCO World Heritage Site
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SWEDEN | Nordingrå
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CHINA | West Lake in Hangzhou City
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TURKEY | Cappadocia
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MONGOLIA | Taiga Forest in northern Mongolia
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INDIA | Suraj Tal in Leh, Baralacha, Himachal Pradesh
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AUSTRALIA | The Snowy Mountains, known informally as "The Snowies", is an IBRA subregion and the highest mountain range on the continent.
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NEW ZEALAND | Queenstown
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LESOTHO | Frozen waterfall in the Lesotho Highlands
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BRAZIL | Analândia
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ARGENTINA | Fitzroy's red burning peak and Laguna-De-los-Tres at sunrise, Patagonia (South America).
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