Juergen Freund / Aerial view of private tropical island surrounded by a white sandy beach and coral reefs, note helipad on end of pier, Palawan, Philippines, May 2009.

Tim Laman / Day of planned pickup by helicopter. Waiting out rain at the helipad. The helicopter did not arrive this day. Foja Mountains, Papua, Indonesia, 2008. (taken during Conservation International Rapid Ass...

Tim Laman / Rain at the helipad while team members wait under umbrellas for the helicopter. Foja Mountains, Papua, Indonesia, 2008. (taken during Conservation International Rapid Assessment Program expedition)

Tim Laman / Expedition members waiting under umbrellas at the helipad. Foja Mountains, Papua, Indonesia, 2008. (taken during Conservation International Rapid Assessment Program expedition)

Frederique Olivier / Sundog / Parhelion (circle of light around the sun) seen from the back of icebreaker 'Aurora Australis' near Mawson Station, Antarctica, February 2011.

Juergen Freund / Aerial view of a private tropical island surrounded by a white sandy beach and coral reefs. note helipad at end of pier at top left of the island, Palawan, Philippines, April 2010.

Juergen Freund / Aerial view of private tropical island surrounded by a white sandy beach and coral reefs, note helipad on end of pier, Palawan, Philippines, May 2009.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / MI-2 helicopter landing on rear deck of Russian Icebreaker "Kapitan Dranitsyn". Franz Josef Land, Russia, 2004.