Doug Allan / C17 Globemaster drops tailgate before staff offload cargo, ice runway, American McMurdo research station, Ross Island, Antarctica.

Doug Allan / Cargo being offloaded from C17 Globemaster, ice runway, American McMurdo research station, Ross Island, Antarctica.

Doug Allan / Volcanic Mt Erebus is visible from ice airstrip where cargo is being dropped, McMurdo Station, Ross Sea, Antarctica.

Doug Allan / Sign for American Pegasus White Ice Runway, an aircraft runway that operates in summer on the Ross Ice Shelf, McMurdo Sound, Ross Sea, Antarctica.

Gary Braasch / A rush of natural gas is aflame at new oil well. Flaring off gas is a major source of CO2 emissions, methane and black soot, Bakken oil field, North Dakota, USA. October, 2013.

Gary Braasch / Aerial view of the Royal Dutch Shell floating drill rig, Kulluk, approx 12 miles off the Alaskan coast, Beaufort Sea, Arctic Ocean. October, 2012.

Paul Williams / Serval (Leptailurus serval) wearing radio collar, part of a research project that has revealed the highest density of these wild cats anywhere in the world living in the high security, fenced off gras...

David Noton / Bulk carrier and oil rigs in Scapa Flow, Orkney Isles, Scotland. October 2020.

Philip Stephen / Forties Oilfield, 100 miles east of Aberdeen, North Sea, August 2020.

Philip Stephen / Supply vessel ' Rem Mistral' offloading cargo at 'Forties Echo', North Sea. August 2020.

Philip Stephen / Draupner' oil platform lit up at night, North Sea. July 2020.

Philip Stephen / Fishing vessel 'Ocean Harvest' passing the 'Draupner' oil platform lit up at night, North Sea. July 2020.

Alex Mustard / School of Pacific chub mackerel (Scomber japonicus) throng amongst the legs of an oil rig. Eureka Rig, Los Angeles, California, United States of America. North East Pacific Ocean.

Juergen Freund / Sugar cane (Saccharum officinarum) harvest delivered to sugar refinery by freight train. Bundaberg, Southern Queensland. September 2016.