Guy Edwardes / Doorway in abandoned cottage, Isle of Harris, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK. March 2014.

Guy Edwardes / Stove in abandoned cottage, Isle of Harris, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK. March 2014.

Terry Whittaker / Seabird eggs including those of Common murre/ guillemot (Uria aalge) in fridge. Collected from Skoruvikurbjarg cliffs, Langanes Peninsula, Iceland. May 2018.

Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Barn swallow (Hirundo rustica) breeding in an electricity appliance, Tangjiahe National Nature Reserve, Qingchuan County, Sichuan province, China

Ashley Cooper / Computer parts discarded on Funafuti atol Tuvalu. March 2007

Christophe Courteau / Flame of gas cooker in kitchen

Christophe Courteau / Flame of gas cooker in kitchen

Christophe Courteau / Flame of gas cooker in kitchen

Eric Baccega / Nenet woman checking water for tea, inside tent. Yar-Sale district. Yamal, Northwest Siberia, Russia. April 2016.

Eric Baccega / Nenet woman preparing muksun fillet inside tent. Yar-Sale district. Yamal, Northwest Siberia, Russia. April 2016.

Graham Eaton / Robin (Erithacus rubecula) sitting on a poker beneath a warm log fire; Capel Curig, Wales April

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Kettle and strainer to make Ethiopian coffee, Danakil depression, Afar Region, Ethiopia, Africa. November 2014.

Roger Powell / Old ruined bread oven, Castro Verde, Alentejo, Portugal, March.

Gary K. Smith / Mechanised haylage harvesting, tractor with appliance for wrapping haylage bales in plastic, Norfolk, UK, May

Doug Allan / Inside Shackleton's Hut, Cape Royds, Ross Island, McMurdo Sound, Ross Sea, Antarctica.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Solar cooker in courtyard of Tranduk Monastery, one of earliest Buddhist monasteries in Tibet from 7th century. Yarlung Valley, Tibet, China.

Franco Banfi / Kitchen in museum display inside former British Base A, now a museum and post office at Port Lockroy, Goudier Island, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica.

Ashley Cooper / Panning shot of kitchen as it left after researchers evacuated in 1959. Station W, a former British scientific research station. Detaille Island, Graham Land, Antarctica, 2020.

Ashley Cooper / Zoom out of Station W, a former British scientific research station, left as it was after researchers evacuated in 1959, Detaille Island, Graham Land, Antarctica, 2020.

Bruno D'Amicis / Monk next to ovens used for cooking enjeera. Mandaba Medhane Alhem Monastery, near Gorgora, Ethiopia. 2018.

Ashley Cooper / Trousers drying above kitchen stove, as left when researchers were evacuated in 1959. Station W, former British scientific research station, Detaille Island, Graham Land, Antarctica. 2020.

Ashley Cooper / Trousers drying above kitchen stove, Station W, former British scientific research station evacuated in 1959. Detaille Island, Graham Land, Antarctica. 2020.

Ashley Cooper / Tourist beside heating stove in Wordie House, a former British scientific research base, Winter Island, Argentine Islands, Antarctica. 2020.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Group of novice monks sitting around stove whilst resting at Bangpu Monastery / Panphuk Gompa, Sangdui, Sichuan, China. 2016.

Doug Gimesy / Kitchen of Emily and Sharon Small, and home of the Goongerah Wombat Orphonage. Goongerah, Victoria, Australia. February, 2020. Editorial use only.