Ben Osborne / Olive ridley turtle emerging from sea at dusk. Costa Rica {Lepidochelys olivacea}

Ben Osborne / Saltwater crocodile returning to sea {Crocodylus porosus} Crab Is, Queensland, Australia Cape

Ben Osborne / Olive ridley turtle returns to sea at dawn. Costa Rica {Lepidochelys olivacea}

Ben Osborne / Flat backed turtle {Chelonia depressa} digging nest on beach, Crab Is, QLD, Australia Cape

Ben Osborne / Piebald / Commersons dolphin surfing {Cephalorhynchus commersonii} Falkland Is

Ben Osborne / Black browed albatross flying over crashing waves {Thalassarche melanophrys} Falklands Is

Ben Osborne / Photographer and field assistant Ben Osborne photographing seabirds in Talan, Sea of Okutsk, Eastern Russia. On location for Blue Planet, 2002

Ben Osborne / Cameraman Doug Allan films fur seals from the sea for BBC series Life in the Freezer, Bird Island. South Georgia, 1993

Ben Osborne / Alastair Fothergill and Paul Atkins filming off rubber dinghy, filming for BBC Life in the Freezer series

Ben Osborne / Olive ridley turtle hatchling predated by stork + Black vultures. Costa Rica

Ben Osborne / Crested auklet flock fly over packice {Aethia cristatella} Talan Is, Okhutsk Sea, E Russia

Ben Osborne / Wind turbines at wind-farm, Winterton-on-Sea, Norfolk, England

Ben Osborne / Aerial view of Great barrier reef, Queensland, Australia

Ben Osborne / Flat backed turtle {Chelonia depressa} digging nest, Cape York Peninsula, Queensland

Ben Osborne / Tufted puffin portrait {Lunda cirrhata} Talan Is, Sea of Okhutsk, East Russia

Ben Osborne / Kittiwake perched on cliff ledge {Rissa tridactyla} Talan Is, Okhotsk Sea, E Russia

Ben Osborne / Tufted puffin portrait {Lunda cirrhata} Talan Is, Sea of Okhutsk, East Russia

Ben Osborne / Common guillemots on cliff ledge {Uria aalge} Talan Is, Sea of Okhotsk, East Russia

Ben Osborne / Beach, sea and sky, Crab Is, Cape York peninsula, Queensland, Australia

Ben Osborne / Tufted puffin pair on rock {Lunda cirrhata} Talan Is, Sea of Okhutsk, East Russia

Ben Osborne / Coconut palm tree growing from seed washed up on beach, Cape York, Queensland, Australia

Ben Osborne / Kittiwakes mating at nest site {Rissa tridactyla} Talan Is, Okhotsk Sea, E Russia

Ben Osborne / Parakeet auklet portrait {Aethia psittacula} Talan Is, Sea of Okhutsk, Russia

Ben Osborne / Olive ridley turtle hatchling heads for the sea. Costa Rica {Lepidochelys olivacea}

Ben Osborne / Flat backed turtle {Chelonia depressa} returns to sea, Crab Is, QLD, Australia Cape York

Ben Osborne / Saltwater crocodile returning to sea {Crocodylus porosus} Crab Is, Queensland, Australia Cape

Ben Osborne / Three Crested auklets {Aethia cristatella} + Parakeet auklet Talan Is, Sea of Okhutsk, Russia

Ben Osborne / Flat backed turtle {Chelonia depressa} returns to sea, Crab Is, QLD, Australia Cape York

Ben Osborne / Tufted puffin portrait {Lunda cirrhata} Talan Is, Sea of Okhutsk, East Russia

Ben Osborne / Crested auklets wait for snow to melt to expose nest sites {Aethia cristatella} E Russia

Ben Osborne / Kittiwake flying with nesting material {Rissa tridactyla} Talan Is, Okhotsk Sea, E Russia

Ben Osborne / Southern black backed gull flying in front of waves {Larus dominicans} Falkland Is

Ben Osborne / Steller's sea eagle (Haliaeetus pelagicus) hunting seabirds off cliffs of Talan Island, Okhotsk Sea, Russia

Ben Osborne / Southern black backed gull {Larus dominicans} catching crab from surf. Falkland Is

Ben Osborne / Alpine flowwer species on Talan island, Sea of Okhotsk, East Russia

Ben Osborne / Tufted puffin pair in courtship {Lunda cirrhata} Talan Is, Sea of Okhutsk, East Russia

Ben Osborne / Pre-breeding group of Crested auklets {Aethia cristatella} Talan Is, Sea of Okhutsk, Russia

Ben Osborne / Southern black backed gull flying in front of waves {Larus dominicans} Falkland Is

Ben Osborne / Flat backed turtle {Chelonia depressa} returns to sea, Crab Is, QLD, Australia Cape York

Ben Osborne / Crested auklet portrait {Aethia cristatella} Talan Is, Sea of Okhutsk, East Russia

Ben Osborne / Baby Flat backed turtle {Chelonia depressa} heads for the sea, Crab Is, QLD, Australia

Ben Osborne / Olive ridley turtle swimming at surface. Costa Rica {Lepidochelys olivacea}

Ben Osborne / Olive ridley turtle hatchlings head for the sea. Costa Rica {Lepidochelys olivacea}

Ben Osborne / Common guillemot in flight {Uria aalge} Talan Is, Sea of Okhotsk, East Russia

Ben Osborne / Six Tufted puffins on rock {Lunda cirrhata} Talan Is, Sea of Okhutsk, East Russia sea ice

Ben Osborne / Kittiwake flying to nest with material {Rissa tridactyla} Talan Is, Okhotsk Sea, E Russia

Ben Osborne / Common guillemot nesting colony on cliff {Uria aalge} Talan Is, Sea of Okhotsk, East Russia

Ben Osborne / Tufted puffin collects nesting material {Lunda cirrhata} Talan Is, Sea of Okhutsk, East Russia

Ben Osborne / Talan island surrounded by sea ice in early spring, Sea of Okhotsk, East Russia

Ben Osborne / Horned puffin {Fratercola corniculata} Talan Is, Sea of Okhutsk, E Russia

Ben Osborne / Kittiwakes fly to collect mud for nest {Rissa tridactyla} Talan Is, Okhotsk Sea, E Russia

Ben Osborne / Frozen tundra vegetation on summit plateau, Talan island, Sea of Okhotsk, East Russia

Ben Osborne / Kittiwake {Rissa tridactyla} and Common guillemot {Uria aalge} cliff nest colony, Talan Is, Russia

Ben Osborne / Tufted puffin pair (left) interrupted by individual (rt) {Lunda cirrhata} East Russia

Ben Osborne / Frozen dwarf conifer on summit plateau, Talan island, Sea of Okhotsk, East Russia

Ben Osborne / Flat backed turtle {Chelonia depressa} digging nest on beach, Crab Is, QLD, Australia Cape

Ben Osborne / Southern black backed gull flying in front of waves {Larus dominicans} Falkland Is

Ben Osborne / Alpine flowers on Talan island, Sea of Okhotsk, East Russia

Ben Osborne / Kittiwake flying to nest colony on cliff {Rissa tridactyla} Talan Is, Okhotsk Sea, Russia

Ben Osborne / Common guillemot nesting colony on cliff {Uria aalge} Talan Is, Sea of Okhotsk, East Russia

Ben Osborne / Three Horned puffins {Fratercola corniculata} Talan Is, Sea of Okhutsk, E Russia

Ben Osborne / Sea ice in early spring, Sea of Okhotsk, East Russia

Ben Osborne / Common guillemots on sea {Uria aalge} Talan Is, Sea of Okhotsk, East Russia

Ben Osborne / Olive ridley turtle emerging from sea to lay eggs. Costa Rica {Lepidochelys olivacea}

Ben Osborne / Horned puffin {Fratercola corniculata} Talan Is, Sea of Okhutsk, E Russia

Ben Osborne / Sunset over Russian mainland from Talan island, Sea of Okhotsk,

Ben Osborne / Tufted puffin pair in courtship {Lunda cirrhata} Talan Is, Sea of Okhutsk, East Russia

Ben Osborne / Olive ridley turtle caught in fishing line scavenged by Black vultures. Costa Rica

Ben Osborne / Olive ridley turtle returns to sea at dawn. Costa Rica {Lepidochelys olivacea}

Ben Osborne / Olive ridley turtle returns to sea at dawn after laying eggs on beach, Costa Rica {Lepidochelys olivacea} Pacific coast

Ben Osborne / Tufted puffins bill-clacking in courtship {Lunda cirrhata} TalanIs, Sea of Okhutsk, East Russia

Ben Osborne / Olive ridley turtle hatchling predated by stork Black vultures. Costa Rica

Ben Osborne / Olive ridley turtle emerging from sea at dusk. Costa Rica {Lepidochelys olivacea}

Ben Osborne / Crested auklet flock fly over packice {Aethia cristatella} Talan Is Okhutsk Sea E Russia

Ben Osborne / Ben Osborne sound recording Flat back turtle returning to sea. Crab Is QLD Australia

Ben Osborne / Olive ridley turtle hatchling predated by stork. Costa Rica {Lepidochelys olivacea}

Ben Osborne / Magellanic oystercatcher {Haematopus leucopodus} Falkland Is

Ben Osborne / Kittiwakes mating at nest site {Rissa tridactyla} Talan Is Okhotsk Sea E Russia

Ben Osborne / Crested auklet flock fly over pack ice {Aethia cristatella} Talan Is Okhutsk Sea E Russia

Ben Osborne / Tufted puffins bill-clacking in courtship {Lunda cirrhata} Talan Is Sea of Okhutsk East Russia

Ben Osborne / Kittiwake in flight over sea {Rissa tridactyla} Talan Is Okhotsk Sea E Russia

Ben Osborne / Kittiwake colony on cliffs {Rissa tridactyla} Talan Is Okhotsk Sea E Russia

Ben Osborne / Tufted puffin portrait {Lunda cirrhata} Talan Is Sea of Okhutsk East Russia

Ben Osborne / Steller's sea eagle (Haliaeetus pelagicus) hunting Kittiwakes along cliff, Talan Island, Okhotsk Sea, Eastern Russia.

Ben Osborne / Crested auklet flock return to Talan Is at dusk {Aethia cristatella} Okhutsk E Russia

Ben Osborne / Kittiwake flying from cliff {Rissa tridactyla} Talan Is Okhotsk Sea E Russia

Ben Osborne / Flat backed turtle {Chelonia depressa} returns to sea Crab Is QLD Australia Cape York

Ben Osborne / Crested auklets arrive at dusk on Talan Is Okhutsk E Russia {Aethia cristatella}

Ben Osborne / Kittiwake with nesting material {Rissa tridactyla} Talan Is Okhotsk Sea E Russia

Ben Osborne / Olive ridley turtle returns to sea at dawn. Costa Rica {Lepidochelys olivacea}

Ben Osborne / Flat backed turtle {Chelonia depressa} returns to sea Crab Is QLD Australia Cape York

Ben Osborne / Olive ridley turtle returns to sea at dawn. Costa Rica {Lepidochelys olivacea}

Ben Osborne / Common guillemots on sea {Uria aalge} Talan Is Sea of Okhotsk East Russia

Ben Osborne / Producer Alastair Fothergill and camerman Simon King on location for BBC Blue Planet series, Talan, Sea of Okutsk, Eastern Russia 2002

Ben Osborne / Tufted puffin pair on rock {Lunda cirrhata} Talan Is Sea of Okhutsk East Russia

Ben Osborne / Kittiwakes on offshore rocks {Rissa tridactyla} Talan Is Okhotsk Sea E Russia