Today we will reveal the 5th and 4th place most desirable freezing cold waves.

#5: Falling into 5th place is alaskan glacier surfing. Why is this the most desirable? Because the wave is perfect, the scenery is breathtaking, and the water is freezing cold glacier-melt. If it’s so good, why is it in 5th place? The melting water of glaciers deposits enormous amounts of sediment, meaning the water is thick with silt, almost mud-like, making the actual surfing experience a little bit more unpleasant than what one would be used to day-to-day.

#4: Number four on the list of the Absolutely Most Desirable Place To Surf In the Arctic or Antarctic Regions is none other than Elephant Island. Scouted by Steve Hawk and Chris Malloy, this small chunk of rock close to Antarctica had some surfable waves worthy of a news arcticle in the LA Times. Made famous by  Sir Ernest Shackleton’s renown expedition and survival story, these courageous surfers have contributed to arctic-surf history by pulling into a few icy shackletons of their own.