Luis Quinta / Storm waves off the coast of Praia do Norte, Nazare, Portugal. January.

Philip Stephen / Rough weather on the seashore at Buchan Ness Lighthouse, Scotland, January 2014. All non-editorial uses must be cleared individually.

Merryn Thomas,Merryn Thomas / Catamarans taking part in the Extreme 40 catamaran racing series in Cardiff Bay, Cardiff, Wales, UK, September 2012.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia,Enrique Lopez-Tapia / View of Trango Towers (6,286m), Central Karakoram National Park, Pakistan, July 2007.

Florian Möllers / Arctic expedition cruiseship M/S Stockholm in heavy sea and gale winds at Sarkapp (South Cape), Svalbard, Norway, July 2012

Roy Mangersnes / Person stretching after waking up on the Pulpit Rock, 604 meters above the Lysefjorden, Rogaland, Norway, Scandinavia, Model released

Brent Stephenson / A rough and windy day in the Drake Passage with Force 9+ beaufort scale conditions. Drake Passage, South Atlantic, January.

Ernie Janes / Three fishing boats wrecked on the coast in winter storms, Pembrokeshire, UK,

Ernie Janes / Franz Josef Glacier, Southern Alps, South Island, New Zealand

Jeff Wilson / Royal Navy ship, HMS Endurance, crashing through the waves in the south atlantic ocean, Antarctica, November 2009. Taken on location for the BBC series, Frozen Planet.

Erlend Haarberg / Sunlit ridges against volcanic scree beneath a low cloud. Eyjafjallajokull, Iceland, April 2010. Highly commended in Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2011 competition, Wild Places category.

Philip Stephen / Fishing vessel "Harvester" powering through huge waves while operating in the North Sea. Europe, January 2009. Property released.