Jerry Monkman / Winter hikers ascend Mount Clay, Gulfside Trail, Northern Presidential mountain range, White Mountains, New Hampshire, USA. Model Released. March 2008

Ashley Cooper / Aerial view of English countryside near Manchester, England, UK, July.

Ashley Cooper / Climbers on the arete leading up from the Vallee Blanche to the Aiguille Du Midi above Chamonix, France. September 2014

Ashley Cooper / Mountain bikers on Mont de la Saxe above Courmayeu, Italy. August 2014

Ashley Cooper / Walkers on the Tour Du Mont Blanc share shelter from heavy rain with a goat on the Col Du Bonhomme near Les Contamines, French Alps. France. August 2014

Ashley Cooper / Walkers on the Tour Du Mont Blanc cross a suspension bridge across the meltwater river from the Bionnassay glacier; France. August 2014

Ashley Cooper / Funicular railway, at Cairngorm Ski resort in Scotland UK. March 2009

Ashley Cooper / Passengers on an expedition cruise climbing the caldera on Deception Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctic Peninsula. February 2014.

Ashley Cooper / Walkers on the Tour de Mont Blanc ascending out of the Vallon de la Lex Blanche in Italy, below Mont Blanc, Alps, Italy, August 2014.

David Fleetham / Divers ascend past the prop on the wreck of the "Hilma Hooker", a 236ft long cargo vessel that sunk in 1984 off Bonaire in the Caribbean. June 2008.

Philip Stephen / A group of hikers ascend steep steps leading to a section of the Great Wall of China, Hebei Province, September 2007

Willem Kolvoort / Freshwater algae of the Periphyton producing oxygen bubbles that ascend to the pond surface. Lake Naarden, Holland