Heather Angel / Man using pole to propel bamboo raft on Lijang / Li River, Karst peaks beyond. At dawn, Lijiang River Scenic Zone, Yangshuo county, Guangxi, China.

Pete Oxford / Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus) feeding at Bagan (floating fishing platform), Cenderawasih Bay, West Papua, Indonesia. Winner of the Man and Nature Portfolio Award in the Terre Sauvage Nature Images Aw...

Pete Oxford / Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus) filter feeding at floating fishing platform, Cenderawasih Bay, West Papua, Indonesia

Staffan Widstrand,Staffan Widstrand / Throw-net fisherman, on raft, Pulicat Lake, Tamil Nadu, India, January 2013.

Staffan Widstrand,Staffan Widstrand / Throw-net fishermen on raft, Pulicat Lake, Tamil Nadu, India, January 2013.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Men on raft in Cheow Larn Lake. Khao Sok National Park. Suratthani Province, Thailand.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Tourists on raft outside an ecolodge at Cheow Larn Lake. Khao Sok National Park. Suratthani Province, Thailand. February 2011

Juan Carlos Munoz / Tourists on raft outside an ecolodge at Cheow Larn Lake. Khao Sok National Park. Suratthani Province, Thailand. February 2011

Ingo Arndt / Bamboo (Phyllostachys heterocycla) rafts, Shunan Bamboo Sea, Shunan Zhuhai National Park, Sichuan, China, April 2015.

Ingo Arndt / Bamboo (Phyllostachys heterocycla) rafts, Shunan Bamboo Sea, Shunan Zhuhai National Park, Sichuan, China, April 2015.

TJ Rich / Tourists white water rafting on Kelani River, Sri Lanka, January 2013.

Pete Oxford / Fish caught in net at Bagan (or floating fishing platform), Cenderawasih Bay, West Papua, Indonesia, August 2015.

Pete Oxford / Bagan (floating fishing platform) Cenderawasih Bay, West Papua, Indonesia.

Pete Oxford / Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus) feeding at Bagan (floating fishing platform) Cenderawasih Bay, West Papua, Indonesia. Bagan fishermen see whale sharks as good luck and often feed them baitfish. This is...

Pete Oxford / Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus) feeding at Bagan (floating fishing platform) Cenderawasih Bay, West Papua, Indonesia. Bagan fishermen see whale sharks as good luck and often feed them baitfish. This is...

Pete Oxford / Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus) feeding at Bagan (floating fishing platform) Cenderawasih Bay, West Papua, Indonesia. Bagan fishermen see whale sharks as good luck and often feed them baitfish. This is...

Pete Oxford / Whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) feeding at Bagan (floating fishing platform) Cenderawasih Bay, West Papua, Indonesia. Bagan fishermen see whale sharks as good luck and often feed them baitfish. This is...

Pete Oxford / Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus) feeding at Bagan (floating fishing platform) Cenderawasih Bay, West Papua, Indonesia. Bagan fishermen see whale sharks as good luck and often feed them baitfish. This is...

Pete Oxford / Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus) feeding at Bagan (floating fishing platform) Cenderawasih Bay, West Papua, Indonesia. Bagan fishermen see whale sharks as good luck and often feed them baitfish. This is...

Pete Oxford / Whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) feeding at Bagan (floating fishing platform) Cenderawasih Bay, West Papua, Indonesia. Bagan fishermen see whale sharks as good luck and often feed them baitfish. This is...

Pete Oxford / Whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) feeding at Bagan (floating fishing platform) Cenderawasih Bay, West Papua, Indonesia. Bagan fishermen see whale sharks as good luck and often feed them baitfish. This is...

Pete Oxford / Whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) feeding at Bagan (floating fishing platform) Cenderawasih Bay, West Papua, Indonesia. Bagan fishermen see whale sharks as good luck and often feed them baitfish. This is...

Pete Oxford / Whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) feeding at Bagan (floating fishing platform) Cenderawasih Bay, West Papua, Indonesia. Bagan fishermen see whale sharks as good luck and often feed them baitfish. This is...

Pete Oxford / Bagan (floating fishing platform), Cenderawasih Bay, West Papua, Indonesia. August 2015.

Pete Oxford / Bagan (floating fishing platform), Cenderawasih Bay, West Papua, Indonesia. August 2015.

Pete Oxford / Bagan (floating fishing platform), Cenderawasih Bay, West Papua, Indonesia. August 2015.

Pete Oxford / Fish caught in Bagan (floating fishing platform) nets, Cenderawasih Bay, West Papua, Indonesia.

Pete Oxford / Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus) feeding at Bagan (floating fishing platform) Cenderawasih Bay, West Papua, Indonesia. Bagan fishermen see whale sharks as good luck and often feed them baitfish. This is...

Pete Oxford / Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus) feeding at Bagan (floating fishing platform) Cenderawasih Bay, West Papua, Indonesia. Bagan fishermen see whale sharks as good luck and often feed them baitfish. This is...

Pete Oxford / Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus) feeding at Bagan (floating fishing platform) Cenderawasih Bay, West Papua, Indonesia. Bagan fishermen see whale sharks as good luck and often feed them baitfish. This is...

Pete Oxford / Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus) feeding at Bagan (floating fishing platform) Cenderawasih Bay, West Papua, Indonesia. Bagan fishermen see whale sharks as good luck and often feed them baitfish. This is...

Pete Oxford / Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus) feeding at Bagan (floating fishing platform) Cenderawasih Bay, West Papua, Indonesia. Bagan fishermen see whale sharks as good luck and often feed them baitfish. This is...

Pete Oxford / Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus) feeding at Bagan (floating fishing platform) Cenderawasih Bay, West Papua, Indonesia. Bagan fishermen see whale sharks as good luck and often feed them baitfish. This is...

Pete Oxford / Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus) feeding at Bagan (floating fishing platform) Cenderawasih Bay, West Papua, Indonesia. Bagan fishermen see whale sharks as good luck and often feed them baitfish. This is...

Pete Oxford / Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus) feeding at Bagan (floating fishing platform) Cenderawasih Bay, West Papua, Indonesia. Bagan fishermen see whale sharks as good luck and often feed them baitfish. This is...

Pete Oxford / Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus) feeding at Bagan (floating fishing platform) Cenderawasih Bay, West Papua, Indonesia. Bagan fishermen see whale sharks as good luck and often feed them baitfish. This is...

Pete Oxford / Whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) feeding at Bagan (floating fishing platform) Cenderawasih Bay, West Papua, Indonesia. Bagan fishermen see whale sharks as good luck and often feed them baitfish. This is...

Pete Oxford / Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus) feeding at Bagan (floating fishing platform) Cenderawasih Bay, West Papua, Indonesia. Bagan fishermen see whale sharks as good luck and often feed them baitfish. This is...

Pete Oxford / Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus) feeding at Bagan (floating fishing platform) Cenderawasih Bay, West Papua, Indonesia. Bagan fishermen see whale sharks as good luck and often feed them baitfish. This is...

Pete Oxford / Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus) feeding at Bagan (floating fishing platform) Cenderawasih Bay, West Papua, Indonesia. Bagan fishermen see whale sharks as good luck and often feed them baitfish. This is...

Pete Oxford / Whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) feeding at Bagan (floating fishing platform) Cenderawasih Bay, West Papua, Indonesia. Bagan fishermen see whale sharks as good luck and often feed them baitfish. This is...

Pete Oxford / Whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) feeding at Bagan (floating fishing platform) Cenderawasih Bay, West Papua, Indonesia. Bagan fishermen see whale sharks as good luck and often feed them baitfish. This is...

Pete Oxford / Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus) feeding at Bagan (floating fishing platform) Cenderawasih Bay, West Papua, Indonesia. Bagan fishermen see whale sharks as good luck and often feed them baitfish. This is...

Pete Oxford / Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus) feeding at Bagan (floating fishing platform) Cenderawasih Bay, West Papua, Indonesia. Bagan fishermen see whale sharks as good luck and often feed them baitfish. This is...

Pete Oxford / Whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) feeding at Bagan (floating fishing platform) Cenderawasih Bay, West Papua, Indonesia. Bagan fishermen see whale sharks as good luck and often feed them baitfish. This is...

Pete Oxford / Whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) feeding at Bagan (floating fishing platform) Cenderawasih Bay, West Papua, Indonesia. Bagan fishermen see whale sharks as good luck and often feed them baitfish. This is...

Pete Oxford / Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus) feeding at Bagan (floating fishing platform) Cenderawasih Bay, West Papua, Indonesia. Bagan fishermen see whale sharks as good luck and often feed them baitfish. This is...

Pete Oxford / Whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) feeding at Bagan (floating fishing platform) Cenderawasih Bay, West Papua, Indonesia. Bagan fishermen see whale sharks as good luck and often feed them baitfish. This is...

Pete Oxford / Whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) feeding at Bagan (floating fishing platform) Cenderawasih Bay, West Papua, Indonesia. Bagan fishermen see whale sharks as good luck and often feed them baitfish. This is...

Pete Oxford / Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus) feeding at Bagan (floating fishing platform) Cenderawasih Bay, West Papua, Indonesia. Bagan fishermen see whale sharks as good luck and often feed them baitfish. This is...

Pete Oxford / Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus) feeding at Bagan (floating fishing platform) Cenderawasih Bay, West Papua, Indonesia. Bagan fishermen see whale sharks as good luck and often feed them baitfish. This is...

Pete Oxford / Whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) feeding at Bagan (floating fishing platform) Cenderawasih Bay, West Papua, Indonesia. Bagan fishermen see whale sharks as good luck and often feed them baitfish. This is...

Constantinos Petrinos / Trans Maldivian hydroplane (seaplane) docked next to a small floating platform, to transport tourists to various islands. Male, Maldives, Indian Ocean, April 2010.

Staffan Widstrand / tourists in floating photo hide, Batsfjord village harbour, Varanger Peninsula, Norway, March 2012.

Staffan Widstrand / Floating photo hide, Batsfjord village harbour, Varanger Peninsula, Norway, March.

Pete Oxford / Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus) pair filter feeding at floating fishing platform, Cenderawasih Bay, West Papua, Indonesia

Pete Oxford / Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus) pair filter feeding at floating fishing platform, Cenderawasih Bay, West Papua, Indonesia

Pete Oxford / Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus) filter feeding at floating fishing platform, Cenderawasih Bay, West Papua, Indonesia

Pete Oxford / Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus) pair filter feeding at floating fishing platform, Cenderawasih Bay, West Papua, Indonesia

Pete Oxford / Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus) filter feeding at floating fishing platform, Cenderawasih Bay, West Papua, Indonesia

Pete Oxford / Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus) pair filter feeding at floating fishing platform, Cenderawasih Bay, West Papua, Indonesia

Pete Oxford / Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus) filter feeding at floating fishing platform, Cenderawasih Bay, West Papua, Indonesia

Pete Oxford / Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus) pair filter feeding at floating fishing platform, Cenderawasih Bay, West Papua, Indonesia

Pete Oxford / Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus) pair filter feeding at floating fishing platform, Cenderawasih Bay, West Papua, Indonesia

Pete Oxford / Fisherman on raft, Assam. North East India. October 2014.

Juan Carlos Munoz / People crossing river on raft, Hula Valley, Israel, November, 2014.

Cyril Ruoso / Timber raft, used for travelling downstream om the Congo River, Mbandaka, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Sandesh Kadur / Photographer Sandesh Kadur filming the floods on a raft. Kaziranga National Park, India. June 2012.

Sandesh Kadur / Man using a raft to travel through the floods. Kaziranga National Park, India. June 2012.

Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / Mongo porters pulling a raft across river, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Africa, November 2011.

Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / Mongo porters pulling a raft across river, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Africa, November 2011.

Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / Mongo porters pulling a raft across river, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Africa, November 2011.

Christophe Courteau / 'Zangbeto' traditional guardians of the night, and priests in boat going to visit another village for a voodoo / vodun ceremony, Benin, Africa, February 2011.

David Woodfall / Rescue flood volunteers from Mercia Rescue Service with inflatable raft evacuating home owners during the February 2014 floods, Upton on Severn, Worcestershire, England, UK, 9th February 2014.

David Woodfall / Rescue flood volunteers from Mercia Rescue Service with inflatable raft evacuating home owners during the February 2014 floods, Upton on Severn, Worcestershire, England, UK, 9th February 2014.

David Woodfall / Rescue flood volunteers from Mercia Rescue Service with inflatable raft evacuating home owners during the February 2014 floods, Upton on Severn, Worcestershire, England, UK, 9th February 2014.

David Woodfall / Rescue flood volunteers from Mercia Rescue Service with inflatable raft evacuating home owners during the February 2014 floods, Upton on Severn, Worcestershire, England, UK, 9th February 2014.

David Woodfall / Rescue flood volunteers from Mercia Rescue Service with inflatable raft evacuating home owners during the February 2014 floods, Upton on Severn, Worcestershire, England, UK, 9th February 2014.

David Woodfall / Rescue flood volunteers from Mercia Rescue Service with inflatable raft evacuating home owners during the February 2014 floods, Upton on Severn, Worcestershire, England, UK, 9th February 2014.

David Woodfall / Inflatable raft with rescued resident during February 2014 floods, Upton upon Severn, Worcestershire, England, 10th February 2014.

David Woodfall / Rescue craft with Mercia rescue team setting off to help residents affected by February 2014 floods, Upton upon Severn, Worcestershire, England, UK, 9th February 2014.

David Woodfall / Rescue workers entering property from safety of lightweight boat to check property for its safety and rescue homeowners in February 2014 flood of properties by River Severn.

David Woodfall / Rescue workers entering property with inflatable raft to check on home owners, during February 2014 flooding, Upton upon Severn, Worcestershire, England, UK, 9th February 2014.

Staffan Widstrand / Fisherman on boat, Pulicat Lake, Tamil Nadu, India, January 2013.

Staffan Widstrand / Throw-net fisherman, on raft, Pulicat Lake, Tamil Nadu, India, January 2013.

Staffan Widstrand / Throw-net fisherman, on raft, Pulicat Lake, Tamil Nadu, India, January 2013.

Staffan Widstrand / Throw-net fishermen at sunrise, Pulicat Lake, Tamil Nadu, India, January 2013.

Staffan Widstrand / Throw-net fisherman at sunrise, Pulicat Lake, Tamil Nadu, India, January 2013.

Merryn Thomas / Bam Nuttall crane platform boat at sunrise. Bristol Floating Harbour frozen over in January, 2009.

Merryn Thomas / Bam Nutall Crane platform installing new lock gates, Bristol Floating harbour. March 2009.

Merryn Thomas / Bam Nuttall crane platform boat on Bristol Floating Harbour frozen over in January, 2009.

Philippe Clement / Floating artificial nesting platform in canal for waterfowl in city. Ghent, Belgium, April 2011.

Philippe Clement / Floating artificial nesting platform in canal for waterfowl in city. Ghent, Belgium, April 2011.

Gerrit Vyn / Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps) chick on floating nest platform, Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge, New York

Matthias Breiter / Common Loon (Gavia immer) on nest on floating platform, Kenora, Ontario, Canada

Matthias Breiter / Common Loon (Gavia immer) on nest on floating platform, Kenora, Ontario, Canada