Dong Lei / Ellen's paphiopedilum orchid (Paphiopedilum helenae). Nonggang Natural Reserve, Guanxi Province, China.

Dong Lei / Ellen's paphiopedilum orchid (Paphiopedilum helenae) on rock. Nonggang Natural Reserve, Guanxi Province, China.

Dong Lei / Ellen's paphiopedilum orchid (Paphiopedilum helenae) on rock. Nonggang Natural Reserve, Guanxi Province, China.

Angelo Gandolfi / Ray (Raja sp.) fish catch and plastic water bottles on a small fishing boat, Mediterranean sea. 'By 2050 there could be more plastic in the ocean than there is fish' Ellen McArthur Foundation

Alex Mustard / Brandt's cormorant (Phalacrocorax penicillatus) bursts through a school of Pacific chub mackerel (Scomber japonicus) while hunting beneath an oil rig. Ellen Rig, Los Angeles, California, United States...

Alex Mustard / Brandt's cormorant (Phalacrocorax penicillatus) drowned after being tangled in fishing line beneath an oil rig. Ellen Rig, California, USA. North East Pacific Ocean. September 2015.

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Common Maidenhair Fern (Adiantum aethiopicum), Rock Polypody (Polypodium calirhiza), and Lady Fern (Athyrium filix-femina), Bouverie Preserve, Glen Ellen, California

Niall Benvie / Carraig Fhada lighthouse, Port Ellen, Islay, Scotland, UK, February.

Juergen Freund / Dr. Ellen Ariel of James Cook University carries a newly caught green turtle (Chelonia mydas) for research data gathering, Townsville, Queensland, Australia, August 2011

Juergen Freund / Dr. Ellen Ariel examing starving Green turtle (Chelonia mydas). With the loss of seagrass beds due to floods and cyclone damage, turtles are starving all along the coast of North Queensland. Townsvill...

Juergen Freund / Dr. Ellen Ariel and Kathy La Fauce both from James Cook University bring newly caught green turtles (Chelonia mydas) in to dry land for scientific research. Townsville, Queensland, Australia, August 2...

Juergen Freund / Dr. Ellen Ariel, marine virologist weighs a green turtle (Chelonia mydas) to gather scientific data from it. Bowen, Queensland, Australia, May 2011

Staffan Widstrand / Ellen Buljo in traditional costume on a skidoo - the new and the old, Saami Easter,

Rick Tomlinson / Ellen MacArthur heading towards the horizon on-board her Open 60 Kingfisher, in which she finished 2nd in the singlehanded Vendee Globe race, non-stop around the world.

Rick Tomlinson / Ellen MacArthur at the nav station aboard her Open 60 "Kingfisher", in which she came 2nd in the Vendee Globe singlehanded round the world race, 2000-01.

Rick Tomlinson / Ellen MacArthur's Open 60, "Kingfisher", before the 2000-01 Vendee Globe non-stop, round the world single handed race.

Rick Tomlinson / Ellen MacArthur on her Open 60 "Kingfisher" before the Vendee Globe 2000.

Rick Tomlinson / Ellen MacArthur at the helm of her Open 60 "Kingfisher" before the Vendee Globe, 2000.

Rick Tomlinson / Ellen MacArthur on her Open 60 "Kingfisher" before the Vendee Globe, 2000.

Rick Tomlinson / Ellen MacArthur's Open 60 "Kingfisher" sailing off the Needles, Isle of Wight.

Rick Tomlinson / Ellen MacArthur at the helm of her Open 60 "Kingfisher" before the Vendee Globe, 2000.

Rick Tomlinson / Ellen MacArthur's Open 60 "Kingfisher". ^^^ She came 2nd in the Vendee Globe race.

Rick Tomlinson / Ellen MacArthur sails towards the horizon aboard her Open 60 "Kingfisher", during the Vendee Globe. ^^^ Ellen finished 2nd in the singlehanded Vendee Globe race, non-stop around the world.

Onne van der Wal / Ellen MacArthur at the navigation station on board "Kingfisher" in which she made the record-breaking voyage from Plymouth, UK to Newport, Rhode Island, USA in 2000.

Onne van der Wal / British single handed sailor Ellen MacArthur.