David Shale / Hydromedusa/ Trachymedusa (Crossota sp) from approx 2700m, mid Atlantic ridge, June 2010

David Shale / Fang Tooth {Anoplogaster cornuta} close-up of head showing teeth, from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, 2600m

David Tipling / Tourist photographing King Penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) Fortuna Bay, South Georgia, November 2006. No release available.

Alex Mustard / Diver blowing bubble rings, while resting on the sand, East End, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, British West Indies, Caribbean Sea, January 2011.

Brent Stephenson / Columnar basalt formations at the 180 metre high Edinburgh Hill. Zodiac full of cruise ship tourists for scale. South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, December.

Brent Stephenson / Columnar basalt formations at the 180 metre high Edinburgh Hill. Zodiac full of cruise ship tourists for scale. South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, December.

Pedro Narra / Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) leaping in front of a cargo ship, Sado Estuary, Portugal, September

Eric Baccega / Tourist watching Harp seal (Phoca groenlandicus) pup on sea ice, Magdalen Islands, Gulf of St Lawrence, Quebec, Canada, March 2012. Model released.

Mike Potts / Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) moving upriver to spawn. Lligwy River nr Betws y Coed, Gwynedd, North Wales, UK, November

David Shale / Deepsea benthic Sea cucumber (Peniagone sp) with commensal polynoid polychaete, from mid atlantic ridge, depth approx 2600m, June 2010

David Shale / Deepsea benthic Sea cucumber (Peniagone porcella) from mid atlantic ridge, depth approx 2500m, June 2010

David Shale / Deepsea Gorgonian coral (Metallogorgia sp.) from mid atlantic ridge

David Shale / Underside of deepsea Sea cucumber (Deima validum) from 2500m, mid Atlantic ridge, June 2010

David Shale / Hydromedusa / Trachymedusa (Crossota sp) showing tentacles, from approx 2700m, mid Atlantic ridge, June 2010

David Shale / Hydromedusa / Trachymedusa (Crossota sp) from approx 2700m, mid Atlantic ridge, June 2010

Steven Kazlowski / Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) sow jumping while hunting for seals on sea ice, off the coast of Svalbard, Norway

David Shale / Medusa caught with 1m ring net between 0 and 150m, Mid-Atlantic Ridge, North Atlantic Ocean

David Shale / Deepsea amphipod {Scypholanceola stephensi} from between 500 and 800m, night, Mid-Atlantic Ridge, North Atlantic Ocean

David Shale / Deepsea squid from midwater catch 195-498m, Mid-Atlantic Ridge, North Atlantic Ocean

David Shale / Close up of mouth of a Bristleworm {Polychaeta} from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, North Atlantic Ocean

David Shale / Decapod {Systellaspis sp} from midwater catch 195-498m, Mid-Atlantic Ridge, North Atlantic Ocean

David Shale / Bristleworm {Polychaeta} from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, North Atlantic Ocean

David Shale / Glass squid {Teuthowenia megalops}, Mid-Atlantic Ridge, North Atlantic Ocean

David Shale / Midwater Bristlemouth fish {Sigmops elongatum} night, 188 - 507m, Mid-Atlantic Ridge, North Atlantic Ocean

David Shale / Deepsea amphipod from between 507-805m, Mid-Atlantic Ridge, North Atlantic Ocean

David Shale / Head-on view of Spothead lanternfish {Diaphus metopocampus} from between 500 and 800m, Mid-Atlantic Ridge, North Atlantic Ocean

David Shale / Deepsea squid (Histioteuthis sp) showing funnel, from between 188m/617ft and 507m/1,663ft depth, night, Mid-Atlantic Ridge, North Atlantic Ocean

David Shale / Head-on view of Spothead lanternfish {Diaphus metopocampus} from between 500 and 800m, Mid-Atlantic Ridge, North Atlantic Ocean

David Shale / Deepsea octopus (Benthoctopus johnsoniana) Mid-Atlantic Ridge, North Atlantic Ocean

David Shale / Deepsea octopus (Benthoctopus johnsoniana) Mid-Atlantic Ridge, North Atlantic Ocean

David Shale / Deepsea Medusa jellyfish (Colobonema sp), Mid-Atlantic Ridge, North Atlantic Ocean

David Shale / Piglet squid {Helicocranchia sp} from between 500 and 200m, Mid-Atlantic Ridge, North Atlantic Ocean

David Shale / Deepsea Narrow-necked oceanic eel {Derichthys serpentinus} from between 188 and 507m in the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, North Atlantic Ocean

David Shale / Shelled Pteropod / Sea butterfly {Diacria trispinosa} with egg string attached, from between 188 and 507m, Mid-Atlantic Ridge, North Atlantic Ocean

David Shale / Fangtooth (Anoplogaster cornuta) portrait, Mid-Atlantic Ridge, North Atlantic Ocean

David Shale / Deepsea Dragonfish {Eustomias monodactylus} with bioluminescent lure, from between 498 and 805m, Mid-Atlantic Ridge, North Atlantic Ocean

David Shale / Greater silver hatchet fish (Argyropelecus gigas) Mid-Atlantic Ridge, North Atlantic Ocean

David Shale / Lizard fish (Bathysaurus ferox) head portrait, from 2750m / 9022ft, Mid-Atlantic Ridge, North Atlantic Ocean

David Shale / Deepsea heteropod mollusc (Carinaria lamarcki) from between 188m and 74m, Mid-Atlantic Ridge, North Atlantic Ocean

David Shale / Deepsea squid (Histioteuthis sp) from between 188m/617ft and 507m/1,663ft depth, night, Mid-Atlantic Ridge, North Atlantic Ocean

David Shale / Deepsea heteropod molluscs (Carinaria lamarcki) from between 188m and 74m, Mid-Atlantic Ridge, North Atlantic Ocean

David Shale / Heteropod mollusc (Atlanta peroni) from between 195-498m / 640-1634ft, Mid-Atlantic Ridge, North Atlantic Ocean

David Shale / Comb Jelly {Bollinopsis ssp} caught with 1m ring net between 0 and 150m, comb plates, Mid-Atlantic Ridge, North Atlantic Ocean

David Shale / Bigeye smooth-head (Bajacalifornia megalops) head portrait, Mid-Atlantic Ridge, North Atlantic Ocean

David Shale / Octopod {Grimpoteuthis discoveryi} Mid-Atlantic Ridge, North Atlantic Ocean

David Shale / View inside the mantle of the deepsea Octopod {Grimpoteuthis discoveryi} Mid-Atlantic Ridge, North Atlantic Ocean

David Shale / Viper fish {Chauliodus sloani}, Mid-Atlantic Ridge, North Atlantic Ocean

David Shale / Eryonicus larva of Shrimp {Polycheles sp) from between 2710-2798m, Mid-Atlantic Ridge, North Atlantic Ocean

David Shale / Lancetfish {Alepisaurus brevirostris} from Mid-Atlantic Ridge, North Atlantic Ocean

David Shale / Midwater pteropod molluscs / Sea butterflies (Clione limacina) Mid-Atlantic Ridge, North Atlantic Ocean

David Shale / Head of Lancetfish {Alepisaurus brevirostris} from Mid-Atlantic Ridge, North Atlantic Ocean

David Shale / Juvenile Searsid {Maulisia sp}, Mid-Atlantic Ridge, North Atlantic Ocean

David Shale / Angler fish Melanocetus murrayi, Mid-Atlantic Ridge, North Atlantic Ocean

David Shale / Juvenile Searsid {Maulisia sp}, Mid-Atlantic Ridge, North Atlantic Ocean

David Shale / Snail fish {Careproctus sp} 0 - 1387m, Mid-Atlantic Ridge, North Atlantic Ocean

David Shale / Angler fish (Melanocetus murrayi) Mid-Atlantic Ridge, North Atlantic Ocean

David Shale / Giant ostracod {Gigantocypris mulleri} from between 718 and 1864m, Mid-Atlantic Ridge, North Atlantic Ocean

David Shale / Angler fish {Linophryne sp} from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, North Atlantic Ocean

David Shale / Angler fish (Melanocetus murrayi) Mid-Atlantic Ridge, North Atlantic Ocean

David Shale / Eryonid shrimp {Polycheles sp} from the mid-Atlantic ridge, depth 2600m

David Shale / Deep sea Glass squid {Cranchia sp} from Mid-Atlantic Ridge

David Shale / Deepsea Amphipod (Lanceola sayana) from the mid atlantic ridge

David Shale / Lanternfish {Notoscopelis sp} ventral view, from the mid-Atlantic ridge from 100-150m at night

David Shale / Close up of head of Scaly dragonfish {Stomias boa} showing lure, from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, depth 75-0m

David Shale / Sea angel{Clione limacina} deepsea, from mid Atlantic ridge, caught between 50 - 200m at night

David Shale / Viperfish {Chauliodus sloani} deepsea, from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, 400-520m, during the day

David Shale / Viperfish {Chauliodus sloani} deepsea, from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, 400-520m, during the day

David Shale / Deepsea squid {Histioteuthis bonellii} showing chromatophores changing colour, from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, 200 - 50m

David Shale / Deepsea squid {Histioteuthis bonellii} showing chromatophores changing colour, from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, 200 - 50m

David Shale / Deepsea squid {Histioteuthis bonellii} showing chromatophores changing colour, from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, 200 - 50m

David Shale / Fang Tooth {Anoplogaster cornuta} close-up of head showing teeth, from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, 2600m

David Shale / Bent nosed rabbitfish {Harriotta raleighana} from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, 2600m

David Shale / (Cione limacina) sea angel, a pelagic pteropod mollusc from the mid-Atlantic, deep sea Atlantic ocean

David Shale / Squat lobster (Munidopsis sp) from the mid-Atlantic ridge, deep sea Atlantic ocean

David Shale / (Atolla sp) a deep sea medusa, deep sea Atlantic ocean

Flip Nicklin / Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) interacting with a female tourist, Dolphin Quest Learning Center, Hawaii

Gavin Hellier / Fort Hamilton, erected in the mid-19th century, the ramparts are mounted with muzzle-loader guns capable of firing a 400lb cannonball through an 11 inch thick iron plate, Hamilton, Bermuda 2009

John Cancalosi / Raccoon (Procyon lotor) in tree hole, New York, USA

Nick Upton / Split level view of Bladder wrack (Fucus vesiculosus) clumps buoyed up underwater by air bladders at mid tide, near Falmouth, Cornwall, UK, August.

Nick Upton / Split level view of Bladder wrack (Fucus vesiculosus) clumps buoyed up underwater by air bladders at mid tide with tufts of epiphytic filamentous brown alga (Elachista fucicola) growing on its fronds,...

Nick Upton / Bladder wrack (Fucus vesiculosus) clumps buoyed up underwater by air bladders at mid tide, near Falmouth, Cornwall, UK, August.

Nick Upton / Tufts of epiphytic filamentous brown alga (Elachista fucicola) growing on fronds of Bladder wrack (Fucus vesiculosus) buoyed up at mid tide, near Falmouth, Cornwall, UK, August.

Nick Upton / Three Common limpets (Patella vulgata) on the move on intertidal rock submerged at mid tide, Falmouth, Cornwall, UK, August.

Nick Upton / Toothed / Serrated wrack (Fucus serratus) submerged at mid tide, near Falmouth, Cornwall, UK, August.

Nick Upton / Split level view of Toothed / Serrated wrack (Fucus serratus) clumps at mid tide, near Falmouth, Cornwall, UK, August.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Stream running down a rift in the rift valley at the crest of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, Pingvellir / Thingvellir National Park, Iceland, July 2009

Juan Carlos Munoz / Stream running down a rift in the rift valley at the crest of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, Pingvellir / Thingvellir National Park, Iceland, July 2009

Juan Carlos Munoz / A view across the rift valley at the crest of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, Pingvellir / Thingvellir National Park, Iceland, July 2009

David Shale / Deepsea Black coral (Antipatharia) from 2500m, from Mid Atlantic Ridge, June 2009

David Shale / Deepsea Black coral (Antipatharia) from 2500m, from Mid Atlantic Ridge, June 2009

David Shale / Deepsea Stalked featherstar / crinoid (Anachalypsicrinus sp) from mid Atlantic ridge, 2500m, Atlantic ocean, June 2009

David Shale / Deepsea Sea cucumber (Amperima sp) from mid Atlantic ridge, 2500m, Atlantic ocean, June 2010

David Shale / Deepsea Sea cucumber (Amperima sp) from mid Atlantic ridge, 2500m, Atlantic ocean, June 2010

David Shale / Deepsea Sea cucumber (Amperima sp) from mid Atlantic ridge, 2500m, Atlantic ocean, June 2010

David Shale / Deepsea Sea cucumber (Amperima sp) from mid Atlantic ridge, 2500m, Atlantic ocean, June 2010

David Shale / Benthopelagic Hydromedusa, Trachymedsa (Veragonema sp) from mid Atlantic ridge, Depth approx 2700m, June 2010