Ingo Arndt / "CTD" (instrument for collecting water samples from all water depths) at work 50 km from the ice floe base. ISPOL (ICE Station Polarstern) Expedition 2004/2005 from Alfred Wegener Institute; Bremerhav...

Ingo Arndt / Researcher Gerhard Dieckmann checking samples from sediment trap. ISPOL (ICE Station Polarstern) Expedition 2004/2005 from Alfred Wegener Institute, Bremerhaven, Germany. The Icebreaker Polarstern was...

Ingo Arndt / Crack in ice floe in front of icebreaker ship Polarstern. ISPOL (ICE Station Polarstern) Expedition 2004/2005 from Alfred Wegener Institute, Bremerhaven, Germany. The Icebreaker Polarstern was driftin...

Ingo Arndt / Graphic from "ice thickness profile" of the (ISPOL) ice floe. ISPOL (ICE Station Polarstern) Expedition 2004/2005 from Alfred Wegener Institute, Bremerhaven, Germany. The Icebreaker Polarstern was dri...

Ingo Arndt / Samples from sediment trap. ISPOL (ICE Station Polarstern) Expedition 2004/2005 from Alfred Wegener Institute, Bremerhaven, Germany. The Icebreaker Polarstern was drifting for five weeks with an ice f...

Ingo Arndt / Researcher Hauke Flores watching for birds and seals from the top of Icebreaker Polarstern. ISPOL (ICE Station Polarstern) Expedition 2004/2005 from Alfred Wegener Institute, Bremerhaven, Germany. The...

Ole Jorgen Liodden / Man resting by tree with small fire, with Northern Lights in the sky above, Valdres, Norway, January 2005.

Pascal Kobeh / Giant clam (Tridacna) on 'Lotus' artificial reef, built in 2001 with a steel frame using mild electric currents to encourage coral growth, with diver in the background. Vabbinfaru Island in North Male...

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Graphite mine near the Andasibe-Mantadia National Park, one of the environmental problems affecting the ecosystem of the rainforest. Madagascar, March 2005.

Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / Rock arch in the far north of Niger, 2005.

Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / Rocky landscape of northern Niger, 2005.

Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / Rice farmers pounding freshly harvested rice, Port Loko district, Sierra Leone, 2004-2005.

Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / Guide taking in view of escarpment, Mali, 2005-2006.

Markus Varesvuo / Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella) female portrait. Anjalankoski, Finland. March 2005

Markus Varesvuo / White-tailed Eagle (Haliaetus albicilla) in flight. Norway, August 2005

Markus Varesvuo / Rock ptarmigan (Lagopus mutus) male flying over snow in winter plumage, Utsjoki, Finland, April 2005

Markus Varesvuo / Common starling (Sturnus vulgaris) amongst autumn leaves, Helsinki, Finland October 2005

Markus Varesvuo / Wood Warbler (Phylloscopus sibilatrix), Estonia, May 2005

Markus Varesvuo / Common crane (Grus grus) displaying in defense against Red fox {Vulpes vulpes} Pernaja, Finland, May 2005. Magic Moments book plate.

David Noton / Row boats on the Canal du Midi near Carcassonne, Languedoc, France, May 2005.

Jabruson / Vehicle contents removed by Ecoguards for inspection including various smoked duiker meat portions and Bay Duiker (Cephalophus dorsalis), Ouesso to Makoua highway leading past Odzala-Kokoua National...

Jabruson / African rainforest clearance - men sawing hardwood tree trunks to make planks. South of Mbomo, Odzala-Kokoua National Park, Republic of Congo, May 2005.

Jabruson / African rainforest clearance, men sawing hardwood tree trunks to make planks. South of Mbomo, Odzala-Kokoua National Park, Republic of Congo, May 2005.

Jabruson / African rainforest clearance - men sawing hardwood tree trunks to make planks. South of Mbomo, Odzala-Kokoua National Park, Republic of Congo, May 2005.

Jabruson / African rainforest clearance - man with chainsaw cutting hardwood tree felled for timber. South of Mbomo, Odzala-Kokoua National Park, Republic of Congo, May 2005.

Jabruson / African Rainforest clearance - hardwood tree felled for timber exploitation. South of Mbomo, Odzala-Kokoua National Park, Republic of Congo, May 2005.

Jabruson / Hammer Headed bats (Hypsignathus monstrosus) in gloved hand - live mist net catch for blood sampling in search of the unknown reservoir host for Ebola virus. Ebola outbreaks in Mbomo in 2003 killed 12...

Jabruson / Vehicle carrying several different duiker carcasses for commercial bushmeat trade including: Blue Duiker (Cephalophus monticola), Bay Duiker (Cephalophus dorsalis), Peter's Duiker (Cephalophus callipy...

Jabruson / Western Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla) silverback skull with butterfly (Belenois theszi). Gorilla diedd from the Ebola Virus, which killed 128 people in the region in 2003 and in 2005 killed 95% of the Gor...

Tui De Roy / Fissure eruption of Chico Volcano into 9km diameter caldera. Sierra Negra volcano, Isabela Island, Galapagos, Ecuador. October 2005.

Tui De Roy / People watching the Fissure eruption of Chico volcano into 9km diameter caldera. Sierra Negra volcano, Isabela Island, Galapagos, Ecuador. October 2005.

Michael Pitts,Michael Pitts / DC-3 Aircraft wreck. Drug running aircraft that crashed in shallow water. Normans Cay, Exhumas, Bahamas. May 2005

Willem Kolvoort / View of Byoutier. a very small island in the Seychelles with a pristine beach. Byoutier, Seychelles March 2005

Laurent Geslin / Young Fulani women drawing water from a well shaft built by the United Nations High Commision for Refugees, North Senegal, West Africa, 2005

Laurent Geslin / Young Fulani boy with donkeys in the background, South Mauritania, West Africa, 2005

Laurent Geslin / Fulani child sitting beside radio and mobile telephone, portrait, North Senegal, West Africa, 2005

Laurent Geslin / Young Fulani girls grinding seed for flour at dawn, North Senegal, West Africa, 2005

Laurent Geslin / Fulani herdsman with his cattle, South Mauritania, West Africa, 2005

Laurent Geslin / Fulani man listening to radio with horse in background, South Mauritania, West Africa, 2005

Laurent Geslin / Three Fulani children laughing, South Mauretania, West Africa, 2005

Laurent Geslin / Fulani man brewing tea on calor gas in his house wearing traditional Mauritanian costume, South Mauritania, West Africa, 2005

Laurent Geslin / Fulani village chief wearing traditional hat, with his two wives behind, Mauritania, West Africa, 2005

Laurent Geslin / Fulani woman feeding milk to her child at dawn after milking the cattle, North Senegal, West Africa, 2005

Laurent Geslin / Fulani woman selling colourful material and handicraft at the market, North Senegal, West Africa, 2005

Laurent Geslin / Fulani herdsman with his cattle, South Mauritania, West Africa, 2005

Laurent Geslin / Fulani man with herd of cattle, Mauritania, West Africa, 2005

Laurent Geslin / Fulani refugee showing photographer how he crossed the Senegal river in 1989, South Mauritania, West Africa, 2005

Laurent Geslin / Fulani woman preparing local drink 'Fole wadere' from flower petals, North Senegal, West Africa, 2005

Laurent Geslin / Fulani man looking across the Senegal river to his old village, Ari Funda, on the other side, South Mauritania, West Africa, 2005

Laurent Geslin / Fulani man outside hut, South Mauritania, West Africa, 2005

Laurent Geslin / Fulani man, portrait, South Mauritania, West Africa, 2005

Laurent Geslin / Fulani children cooking at night while their parents are busy with the cattle, North Senegal, West Africa, 2005

Laurent Geslin / Fulani woman, portrait, North Senegal, West Africa, 2005

Laurent Geslin / Fulani woman sewing clothes to sell in the market, North Senegal, West Africa, 2005

Laurent Geslin / Fulani woman cooking at night, horse in background, North Senegal, West Africa, 2005

Laurent Geslin / Fulani women braiding their hair, North Senegal, West Africa, 2005

Laurent Geslin / Fulani boy with cattle, North Senegal, West Africa, 2005

Laurent Geslin / Fulani woman milking cattle, North Senegal, West Africa, 2005

Laurent Geslin / Old chief of the Fulani community with his grandchild, South Mauritania, West Africa, 2005

Laurent Geslin / Fulani woman with her refugee identity card, Ndioum camp, North Senegal, West Africa, 2005

Laurent Geslin / Fulani woman feeding her grandchildren with milk, north Senegal, West Africa, 2005

Laurent Geslin / Fulani man sitting in Ari Funda village at dawn, nr Senegal river, South Mauritania, West Africa, 2005

Laurent Geslin / Elderly Fulani man with his grandchild in traditional hut, South Mauritania, West Africa, 2005

Laurent Geslin / Fulani teenage girl looking after her young brother, sunrise, North Senegal, West Africa, 2005

Laurent Geslin / Fulani woman wearing traditional Boubou with children in background, North Senegal, West Africa, 2005

Laurent Geslin / San bushmen child portrait, Kalahari desert, Namibia 2005

Laurent Geslin / Two San bushmen, Kalahari desert, Namibia 2005

Theo Bosboom,Theo Bosboom / White-legged damselfly (Platycnemis pennipis), Meinerswijk, The Netherlands, June 2005. Highly commended, Animal portraits category, Wildlife Photographer of the Year Awards 2006.

Gavin Hellier / Church Priest holding a Lalibela Cross, Lalibela and its rock-hewn Churches rank among the greatest religio-historical sites not only in Africa, but in the Christian world, Lalibela, Ethiopia 2005. Mo...

Mark Carwardine / Siberian tiger anti-poaching patrol with arrested poachers (with secret police for extra protection), 600 miles north of Vladivostok, Primorksy, Russian Far East, October 2005

David Noton / Poppies flowering in a field, near Norcia, Umbria, Italy. May 2005.

David Noton / Poppies flowering in a field, near Norcia, Umbria, Italy. May 2005.

David Noton / Young girl watering garden, Dorset, England, UK. July 2005. Model released

Rick Tomlinson / SY "Adele", 180 foot Hoek Design, at the Superyacht Cup Palma, October 2005 Non editorial uses must be cleared individually.

Rick Tomlinson / SY "Adele", 180 foot Hoek Design, at the Superyacht Cup Palma, October 2005 Non editorial uses must be cleared individually.

Rick Tomlinson / SY "Adele", 180 foot Hoek Design, at the Superyacht Cup Palma, October 2005 Non editorial uses must be cleared individually.

Alex Mustard / Underwater scene where light and water interplay on a shallow sand bank, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, British West Indies, Caribbean Sea, September 2005.

Konrad Wothe / Hikers climbing Mount Rainier, Washington, USA, August 2005, model released

Ben Osborne / Aerial view of African elephants (Loxodonta africana)moving through wetland in the Okavango delta, Northern Botswana, taken on location for BBC Planet Earth series, October 2005

Ben Osborne / Aerial view of African elephants (Loxodonta africana) find shade under trees to avoid midday sun, during a drought. Northern Botswana. Taken on location for BBC Planet Earth series, October 2005

Ben Osborne / African elephants (Loxodonta africana) bulls crowd into an emptying waterhole to drink, Savuti, Botswana. Taken on location for BBC Planet Earth series, 2005

Ben Osborne / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) splashes mud with his foot. Savuti, Northern Botswana. Taken on location for BBC Planet Earth series, 2005

Konrad Wothe / Partial eclipse of the sun, 3rd of March 2005, seen from Upper Bavaria, Germany.

Jeff Rotman / Matses Indian men hold a thick-bodied, 18-foot long Anaconda (Eunectes notaeus) that they killed during a night hunt. Amazon, Peru, November 2005.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Meltwater pouring off iceberg above hole. Scoresbysund Fiord, East Greenland, September 2005.

Inaki Relanzon / A high view of mist shrouding an autumnal valley. Cadi Natural Park, Catalonia, Barcelona province, Pyrenees, Spain, October 2005.

Orsolya Haarberg / Winter landscape with Nidelva river, Klbu, Sor-Trondelag, Norway, December 2005

Ernie Janes / Domestic sheep, lambs playing in field, Goosehill Farm, Buckinghamshire, UK, April 2005

Ernie Janes / Collecting free-range organic Chicken eggs (Gallus gallus domesticus) UK, September 2005

Ernie Janes / Collecting free-range organic Chicken eggs (Gallus gallus domesticus) UK, September 2005

Michel Roggo / Carp (Cyprinus carpio) in forest pool close to the Aare River, Switzerland, 2005

Michel Roggo / Rainbow trout (Salmo gairdneri / Oncorhynchus mykiss) Sava river, Slovenia, 2005

Michel Roggo / Marble trout (Salmo trutta marmorata) morph of the Brown Trout, at spawning ground, Tolminka river, Slovenia, 2005

Michel Roggo / Marble trout (Salmo trutta marmorata) morph of the Brown Trout, female at spawning ground, Tolminka river, Slovenia, 2005

Michel Roggo / Minnow (Phoxinus phoxinus) in shallow water close to the shore, spawning time, Doubs river, France, 2005

Michel Roggo / Marble trout (Salmo trutta marmorata) morph of the Brown Trout, male and female at spawning ground, Tolminka river, Slovenia, 2005