Christophe Courteau / Rusty barrels at the historical site of Virgohamna where, in 1897, the hydrogen balloon 'Omen' (the Eagle) sailed northward in a failed attempt to reach the north pole with 3 Swedish ballooners led by...

Bernard Castelein / Young buddhist monk beating the drum during morning pudja, Thikse Gompa / Monastery, Ladakh, India

Kristel Richard / A Sikh man makes his Nukra horse dance to the rhythm of a drum during the Maghi Mela festival, Muktsar, Punjab, India. January 2010

Martha Holmes / Pilot Mike Watson refuelling helicopter (mounted with Cineflex camera) from drum. Amboseli, Kenya. December 2007. Taken on location for BBC tv series 'Life'

Pete Oxford / Tortoise carapace used by Shuar Indian as percussion instrument, Coca, Amazon, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Spotted drum fish, juvenile (Equetus punctatus) Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles, Caribbean

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Inuit drum made from sealskin and used for traditional drum dances. Qaanaaq, Northwest Greenland, September 2008.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / 17th Century Saami Shaman's magic drum from Vard in Finnmark. North Norway, March 2007.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Elderly Yupik Eskimo woman performing traditional drum dance. Provideniya, Chukotka, Siberia, Russia, 2010

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Elderly Nenets man holding sacred drum, which he made in 1946. Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia, 2001.

Piper Mackay / A young Embra Indian man creating traditional music, Soberania NP, rainforest, Panama, November 2008

Kristel Richard / A Sikh makes his Nukra horse dance and kneel to the rhythm of a drum during the Maghi Mela festival, Muktsar, Punjab, India. January 2010

Kristel Richard / A Sikh man makes his Nukra horse dance to the rhythm of a drum during the Maghi Mela festival, Muktsar, Punjab, India. January 2010

Kristel Richard / A Sikh man makes his Nukra horse dance to the rhythm of a drum during the Maghi Mela festival, Muktsar, Punjab, India. January 2010

Kristel Richard / A man makes his Nukra mare dance to the rhythm of a drum during the Maghi Mela festival, in Muktsar, Punjab, India. January 2010

Kristel Richard / A man makes his Nukra mare dance to the rhythm of a drum during the Maghi Mela festival, Muktsar, Punjab, India. January 2010

Kristel Richard / Drum horse of The Household Cavalry, dressed in official uniform, parades in front of the Queen, during the Royal Windsor Horse Show, Windsor, England, UK. May 2008

Michele Westmorland / Two elder men with traditional drum performing for tourists on Rano Island, Vanuatu May 2008

Michele Westmorland / Village elders with traditional drum performing for tourists, Rano Island, Vanuatu May 2008

Doug Perrine / Spotted drum fish {Equetus punctatus} Dominica, Caribbean

DOC WHITE / Man holding a Blue whale's (Balaennoptera musculus) ear drum in his hand

Nature Production / Close up of drum membrane of Migratory Locust ear {Locusta migratoria} Japan

Bernard Castelein / Nepalese monks, playing 'Nha' or hand-drum during 'Duk chu' festival, Lo-Manthang, Upper Mustang, Nepal

Pete Oxford / Native Koryak man dancing with drum, Ossora, Karaginsky, Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia

Eric Baccega / Shaman musician, Siberia, Russia

Onne van der Wal / The crew of the J90 "Jungle Drum" sitting aft on the windward rail as the boat takes off downwind under an asymmetric spinnaker.

Rick Tomlinson / View from the masthead of "Drum" as she sails during the Whitbread Round the World Race, 1985.

Rick Tomlinson / Simon le Bon's maxi yacht "Drum" capsized after the keel fell off during the Fastnet Race, prior to them starting the Whitbread Round the World Race, 1985-1986.

Rick Tomlinson / Cabin and instruments in the dark on Simon le Bon's yacht "Drum" during the Whitbread Round the World Race, 1985.

Rick Tomlinson / Surfing through the Southern Ocean aboard Simon le Bon's maxi yacht Drum. Whitbread Round the World Race, 1985.

Rick Tomlinson / Simon le Bon's "Drum" during the Whitbread Round the World Race, 1985.

Rick Tomlinson / Simon le Bon's maxi yacht "Drum" during the Whitbread Round the World Race, 1985.

Rick Tomlinson / Simon le Bon's "Drum" during the Whitbread Round the Race, 1985.

Rick Tomlinson / Magnus Olssen celebrates a new top speed in the Southern Ocean aboard Simon le Bon's maxi yacht "Drum" during the Whitbread Round the World Race, 1985.

Rick Tomlinson / Simon le Bon's maxi yacht "Drum" during the Whitbread Round the World Race, 1985.

Rick Tomlinson / Cabin and instrument lights in the dark on Simon le Bon's yacht "Drum" during the Whitbread Round the World Race, 1985.

Rick Tomlinson / Simon le Bon's maxi yacht "Drum" during the Whitbread Round the World Race, 1985.

Rick Tomlinson / Surfing through the Southern Ocean aboard Simon le Bon's maxi yacht Drum. Whitbread Round the World Race, 1985.

Rick Tomlinson / Construction of "Drum", Simon le Bon's entry for the Whitbread Round the World Race, 1985.

Rick Tomlinson / Southern Ocean aboard Simon le Bon's maxi yacht "Drum" during the Whitbread Round the World Race, 1985.

Rick Tomlinson / Simon le Bon's maxi yacht "Drum" during the Whitbread Round the World Race, 1985-86.

Rick Tomlinson / Simon le Bon's maxi yacht "Drum" during the Whitbread Round the World Race, 1985.

Rick Tomlinson / Southern Ocean aboard Simon le Bon's maxi yacht "Drum". Whitbread Round the World Race, 1985.

Rick Tomlinson / Surfing through the Southern Ocean aboard Simon le Bon's maxi yacht Drum. Whitbread Round the World Race, 1985.

Rick Tomlinson / Cabin and instrument lights glow in the dark on Simon le Bon's yacht "Drum" during the Whitbread Round the World Race, 1985.

Rick Tomlinson / Maxi yacht "Drum" owned by Simon le Bon in the Whitbread Round the World Race, 1985.

Rick Tomlinson / Simon le Bon's Maxi yacht "Drum" crossing the Southern Ocean during the Whitbread Round the World Race, 1985.

Rick Tomlinson / Crew member relaxing in his bunk on the Maxi yacht "Drum" during the Whitbread Round the World Race, 1985.

Rick Tomlinson / Daybreak on "Drum" in the Whitbread Round the World Race, 1985.

Rick Tomlinson / Four crew prepare for a sail change on "Drum" during the Whitbread Round the World Race, 1985-6.

Rick Tomlinson / Repairs to the keel of "Drum", after it fell off during the 1985 Fastnet Race. ^^^During the 1985 Fastnet Race, the keel to Simon le Bon's yacht Drum fell off mid-race causing the boat to roll. At six...

Rick Tomlinson / Cabin and instrument lights glow in the dark on Simon le Bon's yacht, "Drum", during the Whitbread Round the World Race, 1985.

Rick Tomlinson / Crewman uses the reefing lines to climb the mainsail aboard "Drum" during the Whitbread Round the World Race, 1985.

Rick Tomlinson / Safety rope held by crew in the cockpit whilst crewman climbs the mainsail aboard Drum during the Whitbread Round the World Race, 1985. Drum was owned and crewed by Simon le Bon, lead singer of the po...

Onne van der Wal / Crew-member riding on the bowsprit of "Jungle Drum".

Rick Tomlinson / Surfing through the Southern Ocean aboard Simon le Bon's maxi yacht Drum. Whitbread Round the World Race, 1985.

Rick Tomlinson / Simon le Bon's maxi yacht "Drum" in the Southern Ocean during the Whitbread Round the World Race, 1985.

Jim Brandenburg / Drums of radioactive waste, Namibia