Winter is upon us in the Northern Hemisphere right now and as cold and somewhat frustrating as it can be sometimes, this is the best time of the year to have a fairly unique holiday experience and visit some places across the world that quite literally get transformed by winter into a winter paradise of sorts. Here are the 5 places you should be visiting over the winter holidays:

1.) Svalbard

2.) Iceland

3.) Anartica

4.) Canada

5.) Alaska