Guy Edwardes / Canoes on Loch Tummel, Perthshire, Scotland, UK. October, 2014.

David Fleetham / Schooling Lemon / Milletseed butterflyfish (Chaetodon miliaris) below kayakers off Maui, Hawaii.

Colin Monteath/ Hedgehog House / Kayakers paddling back to cruise ship Polar Pioneer, Lemaire Channel, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica

Denis-Huot / Killer whales (Orcinus orca) off the coast of British Columbia, North Pacific Ocean

Staffan Widstrand / Kayaking past icebergs in Svalbard, Norway, July 2011. Model released.

Steven Kazlowski / Kayaker in front of Bear Glacier, Kenai Fjords National Park, Alaska, USA. No release available.

Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Kayaker on the River Etive, Highlands, Scotland, UK, April 2012. Did you know? Freshwater ecosystems have a higher density of species than either the land or the sea.

Nick Turner / Man pulling his sea kayak into the sea at Caerfai Bay on the Pembrokeshire Coast Path, Wales, UK, June 2009

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua) standing on volcanic beach at Whalers Bay, with tourists in kayak beyond. Deception Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, 2009.

Angelo Gandolfi / Aerial view of people kayaking on the river Megalos Potamos, between the endemic Cretan palm trees (Phoenix theophrasti) Crete, Greece

Jerry Monkman / A kayaker plays in a hole in Tariffville Gorge on the Farmington River in Tariffville, Connecticut. Class III whitewater. May 2007. Model released.

Jerry Monkman / A woman kayaking on the upper reaches of the York River at high tide, sunset, York, Maine, USA. Model Released. May 2008