Jeff Wilson / Frozen planet team clothes and equipment ready for Antarctica expedition to Ross Sea, in National Science Foundation hanger, Christchurch, New Zealand, October 2009. Taken on location for BBC series,...

Doug Gimesy / Two researchers examining an anaesthetised platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) and starting to glue a temporary radio transponder to its tail, allowing researchers to track its movements. Snowy River...

Doug Gimesy / Two researchers rowing into the middle of the Snowy River to collect a platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) from the gill net they had set hours before. Snowy River, Dalgety, NSW, Australia. September...

Doug Gimesy / Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) researchers preparing radio receivers to be placed into the river and help track the movement of platypus which have had transponders attached. Dalgety, NSW, Austra...

Doug Gimesy / Two researchers rowing into the middle of the Snowy River to collect a platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) from the gill net they had set hours before. Snowy River, Dalgety, NSW, Australia. Septembe...

Doug Gimesy / Researchers placing gill nets in the Snowy river to try and capture Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) Snowy River, Jindabyne, NSW, Australia. September, 2017. Model released.

Doug Gimesy / Two researchers examine an anaesthetised Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) and start to glue a temporary radio transponder to its tail, allowing researchers to track its movements. Snowy River banks...

Doug Gimesy / Two researchers examine an anaesthetised platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus). Body measurements, blood, urine and DNA samples will be taken, and a temporary radio transponder could be glued to its t...

Doug Gimesy / Researchers drying glue, whilst attaching a transponder to the tail an anaesthetised Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus). This temporary radio transponder will allow researchers to track its movements...

Doug Gimesy / Volunteer field assistant recording data from an anaesthetised platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) as it starts to recover from the anesthetic. It was anaesthetised so a temporary radio transponder co...

Doug Gimesy / Two researchers examining a anaesthetised Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) and starting to glue a temporary radio transponder to its tail. Snowy River banks, Dalgety, NSW, Australia. September, 20...

Doug Gimesy / Two researchers row into the middle of the Snowy River to collect a platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) from the gill net they had set hours before. Snowy River, Dalgety, NSW, Australia. September 201...