Wild Wonders of Europe / Hermansen / Puffin (Fratercula arctica) standing on rock calling, Saltee Islands, County Wexford, Republic of Ireland, June 2009

Andrew Parkinson / Puffin (Fratercula arctica) yawning or calling on coastal rocks. Saltee Islands, Republic of Ireland.

Erlend Haarberg / Waves breaking on cliffs on a windy day, Arnarstapi, Snaefellsnes Peninsula, Iceland, February 2011

Mike Read / Extinct volcanic calderas of Pico da Esperance. Sao Jorge, Azores, September 2004.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Tourists photographing Gentoo penguins (Pygoscelis papua) at Whalers Bay, with the abandoned whaling station beyond. Deception Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, 2009.

Troels Jacobsen/Arcticphoto / A small colony of Subantarctic Fur Seals (Arctocephalus tropicalis) on a beach. Quest Bay, Gough Island, South Atlantic Islands.

Troels Jacobsen/Arcticphoto / The mountainous coast of Gough Island in the Southern Atlantic Ocean, March 2007.

Troels Jacobsen/Arcticphoto / Dramatic geology with caves sheer mountain peak. Quest Bay, Gough Island, South Atlantic Islands, March 2007.

Troels Jacobsen/Arcticphoto / A rocky path following a mountainside. Tristan da Cunha, South Atlantic Islands, March 2007.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Hermansen / Puffin (Fratercula arctica) standing on rock on cliff, Saltee Islands, County Wexford, Republic of Ireland, June 2009

Adrian Davies / Portnahally / Ashleam Bay, Achill Island, County Mayo, Republic of Ireland

Adrian Davies / Ashleam Bay, Achill Island, County Mayo, Republic of Ireland