Sue Flood / Abandoned Russian research base, Hooker Island, Franz Josef Land, Russian Arctic, July 2007

Konrad Wothe / Orcadas Base, Argentine scientific reserarch station, with researchers looking at Fur seals, Laurie Island, South Orkney Islands, Southern Ocean, Antarctica. February 2007.

Kathryn Jeffs / US research base at Palmer station, Ambers island, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, February 2009, Taken on location for BBC Frozen Planet series

Kathryn Jeffs / Johm Durban, scientist, on board the 'Golden Fleece', base ship for the BBC film crew looking out for whales, Antarctica, February 2009, Taken on location for BBC Frozen Planet series

Jeff Wilson / Director, Jeff Wilson, preparing for Antarctic filming expedition at the National Science Foundation base, Christchurch, New Zealand, October 2009. Taken on location for BBC series, Frozen Planet, Win...

Pete Oxford / Land iguana (Conolophus subcristatus) held by warden at ruins of USA military base, Baltra Island, Galapagos Islands, born on the island from re-introduced parents. April 2008

Kristel Richard / Giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) feeding on bamboo at the Ya'an Bifengxia Base of China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda, Wolong Natural Reserve, Sichuan, China. June 2010

Kristel Richard / Giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) feeding on bamboo at the Ya'an Bifengxia Base of China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda, Wolong Natural Reserve, Sichuan, China. June 2010

Kristel Richard / Giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) feeding on bamboo at the Ya'an Bifengxia Base of China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda, Wolong Natural Reserve, Sichuan, China. June 2010

Juergen Freund / Richard Fitzpatrick inserting depth and time recording device to base of dorsal fin of Grey reef shark {Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos} part of the Coral Reef census, Lizard Island, Queensland, Australia,...

Tim Laman / Research workers and their equipment arrive by zodiac boat at Moraka Playa base camp on the South coast of Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea. Rapid Assessment Visual Expedition, International League of...

Tim Laman / Zodiac boat landing research equipment and people through the surf at Moraka Playa base camp on the South coast of Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea, Rapid Assessment Visual Expedition, International Le...

Colin Monteath / Science research base on Ross Island with Mount Erebus behind, Antarctica

Doug Perrine / Porbeagle shark {Lamna nasus} (captive, caught for research) with dorsal fin exposed, showing white patch at rear base of fin that is diagnostic of the species, and copepod parasite (two filaments) at...

Jan Vermeer / Research base, Brunt Ice Shelf, Antarctica

Eric Baccega / Keeper feeding giant pandas (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding

Eric Baccega / Chinese visitor at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, Chengdu, Sichuan, China

Eric Baccega / Vendor at the gift shop of the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding and Conservation

Eric Baccega / Keeper feeding giant pandas (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding

Eric Baccega / Vendor at the giftshop of the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding and Conservation

Eric Baccega / Tourist being photographed with young giant panda aged one year at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding

Chris Gomersall / Orcadas Argentine polar research base station. Laurie Island, South Orkney Isles, Antarctica. January 2007.

Chris Gomersall / Orcadas Argentine polar research base station, Laurie Island, South Orkney Isles, Antarctica. January 2007.

David Tipling / Chilean base with tents and campsite, Patriot Hills, Antarctica

Pete Oxford / French base Baie de Marin Ile de la Possession, Crozet Island Southern Indian Ocean

Peter Bassett / Remote St Andrews Bay refuge cabin, South Georgia, Falkland Islands

Peter Bassett / Antarctic fur seals (Arctocephalus gazella) surround British Antarctic Survey Base on Bird Island, South Georgia, Falklands

Peter Bassett / British Antarctic Survey Base, Bird Island, South Georgia

Doug Wechsler / Tropical rainforest habitat of Guanacaste, with research base up in highlands, Costa Rica

Norbert Wu / Research scientist Dr. Leighton Taylor in a dive hole, U.S. base at McMurdo Station, Antarctica

Norbert Wu / Research scientist Dr. Dale Stokes readies a dive hut after a blizzard, U.S. base at McMurdo Station, Antarctica

Norbert Wu / Antarctic Cod (Dissostichus mawsoni) studied by researchers at the U.S. Base at McMurdo Station, Antarctica

Norbert Wu / Research scientist makes his way through blizzard, US base at McMurdo Station, Antarctica

Mark Moffett / Herpetologist Ted Papenfuss collects endemic fish living in sulphurous water near the base of Geno Mountain, Iran

Martha Holmes / British Antarctic Survey base, Bird Island, South Georgia, Falkland Islands

Doug Allan / Vernadsky Base (Ukrainian) Argentine Is, Antarctica

Rick Tomlinson / Ex-British Faraday Base now called Vernadsky and owned by the Ukraine, Antarctic Peninsula.

Onne van der Wal / Research base surrounded by snow on the Antarctic Peninsula.

Onne van der Wal / Research base on the Antarctic Peninsula.

Flip de Nooyer / Supplies at Ukrainian Vernadsky research station, originally built by British in 1948 as Faraday Base, Galindez Island, Penola Strait, Antarctica

Mark Moffett / Ant (Pseudomyrmex sp) biologist Doug Yu plucks ants from Palo Santo (Triplaris sp) tree whose base cleared of vegetation by the ants, Peru

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Orcadas base (Argentinian) Laurie Is South Orkney Is Antarctica