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.

Jeff Wilson / Royal Navy helicopter from HMS Endurance flying over sea and antarctic landscape, November 2008, Taken on location for the BBC series, Frozen Planet.

Martha Holmes / Producer Martha Holmes in Royal Navy helicopter. Antarctic Peninsula. February 2008. Taken on location for BBC tv series 'Life'

Martha Holmes / Interior of Royal Navy helicopter showing pilots. Antarctic Peninsula. February 2008. Taken on location for BBC tv series 'Life'

Martha Holmes / Royal Navy helicopter (mounted with Gyron) parked at Rothera, British Antarctic Survey base. Antarctic Peninsula. February 2008. Taken on location for BBC tv series 'Life'

Guy Edwardes / 2020VISION / Patterns in fallen deadwood Oak. New Forest National Park, Hampshire, England, UK, September. Did you know? Royal Navy ships were once built with Oak wood, and the Navy itself was once referred to as...

Benoit Stichelbaut / Aerial view of Brest 2005

Benoit Stichelbaut / Aerial view of Brest 2005

Merryn Thomas / Royal Navy helicopter flying over Cornish Pilot Gig off Town Beach, St. Mary's, Isles of Scilly. World Pilot Gig Championships, May 2009.

Philip Stephen / Spanish navy tall ship "Juan Sebastián de Elcano" motoring out of Cagliari Harbour, Sardinia. 2008.

Rick Tomlinson / Fleet racing at Cowes Week, including "Sixes and Sevens", "Tactix", "Sail Navy Gauntlet", "Prime Cut" and "Gambit", August 2009.

Philip Stephen / Dive support vessel "Normand Pioneer" undertaking subsea operations on the North Sea, September 2009.

Philip Stephen / Dive support vessel "Normand Pioneer" on the North Sea, September 2009.

Onne van der Wal / Navy cadet/officer, Valparaiso, Chile 2008.

Onne van der Wal / Stacks of Navy hats. Valparaiso, Chile 2008.

Rick Tomlinson / Navy ship and spectator boats gather for the start of leg one of the 10th Volvo Ocean Race in Alicante, Spain, October 2008. For EDITORIAL USE only.

Rick Tomlinson / Crew on the bridge of Brazilian Navy ship "Grajau" following "Telefonica Blue" rounds the Brazilian island of Fernando de Noronha, during the 10th Volvo Ocean Race (2008-2009), October 23rd 2008. For...

Rick Tomlinson / Man filming "Green Dragon" rounding the Brazilian island of Fernando de Noronha from aboard Brazilian Navy Ship "Grajau", during the 10th Volvo Ocean Race (2008-2009), October 23rd 2008. For EDITORIAL...

Rick Tomlinson / "Green Dragon" rounding the Brazilian island of Fernando de Noronha, viewed from aboard Brazilian Navy Ship "Grajau", during the 10th Volvo Ocean Race (2008-2009), October 23rd 2008. For EDITORIAL USE...

Rick Tomlinson / Photographer Rick Tomlinson sending pictures from the Brazilian Navy Ship "Grajau" of the 10th Volvo Ocean Race 2008-2009, as the boats round the Brazilian island of Fernando de Noronha, October 23rd...

Rick Tomlinson / Helicopter and Lifeboat during Round the Island Race, The British Classic Yacht Club Regatta, Cowes Classic Week, July 2008

Merryn Thomas / British Merchant Navy ensign on stern of passenger ferry leaving St. Martin's, Isles of Scilly, UK. May 2009.

Jeff Wilson / Film crew coming alongside Royal Navy ship, HMS Endurance, Antarctica, November 2008, Taken on location for the BBC series, Frozen Planet.

Jeff Wilson / Naval helicopter landing on deck of Royal Navy ship, HMS Endurance, Antarctica, November 2008. Taken on location for the BBC series, Frozen Planet.

Jeff Wilson / Royal navy helicopter from HMS Endurance in flight, Antarctica. Taken on location for the BBC series, Frozen Planet.

Jeff Wilson / Members of the Frozen Planet film crew travel ashore in small boat from Royal Navy ship, Antarctica, November 2008, Taken on location for the BBC series, Frozen Planet.

Jeff Wilson / Royal Navy ship, HMS Endurance, off Antarctica, November 2008, Taken on location for the BBC series, Frozen Planet.

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.

Jeff Wilson / Royal Navy ship, HMS Endurance, makes its way through the sea ice of Antarctica, November 2008. Taken on location for the BBC series, Frozen Planet.

Jeff Wilson / Royal Navy helicopter from HMS Endurance hovering over sea off Antarctica, November 2008, Taken on location for the BBC series, Frozen Planet.

Dan Burton / Royal Navy College in Dartmouth. Devon. UK April 2010

Paul D Stewart / Various mid to late 19th Century editions of Darwin's 'Journal of Researches' from his Beagle voyage. After the Origin of Species this book is Darwin's most numerously republished and widely read book...

Philip Stephen / Two vessels laying pipelines in the North Sea, June 2006.

Angelo Giampiccolo / The wreck of the SS Thistlegorm, in the Straits of Gubal, Northern Red Sea. She was sunk by German bomber planes in World War II ^^^and has lain at the bottom of the sea for over sixty years. It is sa...

Angelo Giampiccolo / Motorbikes and other cargo aboard the wreck of the SS Thistlegorm, located in the Straits of Gubal, Northern Red Sea. She was sunk by German bomber planes in World War II ^^^and has lain at the bottom...

Angelo Giampiccolo / Motorbikes and other cargo aboard the wreck of the SS Thistlegorm, located in the Straits of Gubal, Northern Red Sea. She was sunk by German bomber planes in World War II ^^^and has lain at the bottom...

Rick Tomlinson / SB3 fleet spinnakers 3215 "Sail Navy" 3075 "Striptease" 3029 "3-Some" during Skandia Cowes Week, day 2, August 5, 2007.

Angelo Giampiccolo / Motorbikes and other cargo aboard the wreck of the SS Thistlegorm, located in the Straits of Gubal, Northern Red Sea. She was sunk by German bomber planes in World War II ^^^and has lain at the bottom...

Angelo Giampiccolo / Motorbikes and other cargo aboard the wreck of the SS Thistlegorm, located in the Straits of Gubal, Northern Red Sea. She was sunk by German bomber planes in World War II ^^^and has lain at the bottom...

Angelo Giampiccolo / Wreck of the SS Thistlegorm, a sunken war ship located in the Straits of Gubal, Northern Red Sea. She was sunk by German bomber planes in World War II ^^^and has lain at the bottom of the sea for over...

Angelo Giampiccolo / Diver and propeller on the wreck of the SS "Thistlegorm", located in the Straits of Gubal, Northern Red Sea. She was sunk by German bomber planes in World War II ^^^and has lain at the bottom of the s...

Angelo Giampiccolo / Diver exploring an anchor's winch on the prow's deck on wreck of the SS Thistlegorm, located in the Straits of Gubal, Northern Red Sea. Sunk by German bomber planes in World War II ^^^and has lain at...

Angelo Giampiccolo / Diver exploring the Umbria wreck in Sudan's Red Sea. ^^^The Umbria was launched in Hamburg in 1911, although her name was then Bahia Blanca. In 1935 she was bought by the Italian government, renamed U...

Angelo Giampiccolo / Diver exploring the wreck of the SS Thistlegorm, located in the Straits of Gubal, Northern Red Sea. She was sunk by German bomber planes in World War II ^^^and has lain at the bottom of the sea for ov...

Angelo Giampiccolo / Motorbikes and other cargo aboard the wreck of the SS Thistlegorm, located in the Straits of Gubal, Northern Red Sea. She was sunk by German bomber planes in World War II ^^^and has lain at the bottom...

Angelo Giampiccolo / Two large Dentex fish and a diver exploring the wreck of the SS Thistlegorm which is located in the Straits of Gubal, Northern Red Sea. She was sunk by German bomber planes in World War II ^^^and has...

Angelo Giampiccolo / Diver exploring the stern deck area on the wreck of the SS "Thistlegorm", located in the Straits of Gubal, Northern Red Sea. ^^^She was sunk by German bomber planes in World War II and has lain at the...

Angelo Giampiccolo / Diver exploring the Umbria wreck in Sudan's Red Sea. ^^^The Umbria was launched in Hamburg in 1911, although her name was then Bahia Blanca. In 1935 she was bought by the Italian government, renamed U...

Angelo Giampiccolo / A school of Red mullets (Mullus surmuletus) swims in the wreck of the SS Thistlegorm.

Angelo Giampiccolo / School of glassfish inside the wreck of the SS Thistlegorm, located in the Straits of Gubal, Northern Red Sea. She was sunk by German bomber planes in World War II ^^^and has lain at the bottom of the...

Angelo Giampiccolo / Diver beside cannon on the wreck of the SS Thistlegorm, a sunken war ship located in the Straits of Gubal, Northern Red Sea. She was sunk by German bomber planes in World War II ^^^and has lain at the...

Rick Tomlinson / "James Clark Ross", Antarctic supply and survey ship, Antarctica.

Onne van der Wal / A tug towing a barge with secret navy equipment under cover, Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island, USA.

Onne van der Wal / Tall ships in fog during Boston tall ships parade, Massachusetts, USA. The bow of "Amerigo Vespucci" is in the foreground. ^^^ She is used by the Italian Navy to train the midships.

Angelo Giampiccolo / School of Red sea bannerfish (Heniochus intermedius) and divers on wreck of the SS "Thistlegorm", Straits of Gubal, Northern Red Sea.

Angelo Giampiccolo / School of Red sea bannerfish (Heniochus intermedius) and divers on wreck of the SS "Thistlegorm", Straits of Gubal, Northern Red Sea.