In pictures: Snowy Scotland
Shetland has had some of the heaviest snowfalls
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Parts of Scotland have experienced heavy snow and freezing temperatures since the start of the week.
Schools in Shetland, the Highlands and Aberdeenshire have been affected, and the temperature at Kinbrace in Sutherland plunged to below -15C on the coldest night of the year so far.
A cold and snowy Wednesday morning at Ardvar in Sutherland, an area of the Highlands which had up to 10cm fresh snow overnight Tuesday into Wednesday
A chily Ullapool and Loch Broom on Wednesday morning
Clearing a way through snow drifts on Wednesday in Shetland
A chilly scene near Thurso in Caithness on Wednesday
Ice pancakes at Halkirk in Caithness
The Scottish Avalanche Information Service team encountered tricky driving conditions in Glen Torridon on Wednesday
It was a bright start to snowsports at Cairngorm Mountain on Wednesday
Creag Leacach in the Cairngorms in a picture taken on Tuesday by the Scottish Avalanche Information Service
Snow on CalMac's Stornoway-Ferry MV Loch Seaforth in a picture by Andy Grant
The cold not bothering this Highland coo on Benbecula in photo from Angela Campbell
Aberdeen early on Tuesday morning