David Fleetham / Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis), with sailing-boat in background. Rinca Island, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.

Claudio Contreras,Claudio Contreras / Discarded nets, bangka canoe and other garbage at the beach, Guindacpan Island, Danajon Bank, Central Visayas, Philippines, April 2013

Franco Banfi / Shadow of Dhoni, characteristic Maldivian boat over reef, Maldives, Indian Ocean. No release available.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Men on a wooden boat who use smooth-coated otters (Lutra perspicillata) for traditional fishing practices, the Sundarbans National Park, the largest mangrove swamp in the world. Bangladesh. UNESCO Wo...

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Small traditional sailing boat on the Thames Estuary, Two Tree Island, Essex, England, UK, October.

Onne van der Wal / Sailing-boat during the Bahamian Sloop regatta, Georgetown, Exumas, Bahamas. April 2009.

Onne van der Wal / Sailing-boat during the Bahamian Sloop regatta, Georgetown, Exumas, Bahamas. April 2009.

Frederique Olivier / Young girl paddling dugout canoe, Peava village, Solomon Islands, Melanesia, September 2008.

Jeff Rotman / Mattanza fishermen landing Giant Bluefun tuna (Thunnus thynnus) using a technique in which a maze of nets are set, leading to a central pool, Favignana, Italy, May / June 1990

Juergen Freund / Child in canoe beside traditional fishing boat, Semporna, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia, June 2009.

Juergen Freund / Kite fisherman using a kite and fishing line. Skipjack tuna are a common catch. Sulawesi, Indonesia, November 2009.

Juergen Freund / Kite fisherman using a kite and fishing line. Skipjack tuna are a common catch. Sulawesi, Indonesia, November 2009.

Juergen Freund / Papua New Guinean islander paddling his dugout canoe to trade fresh vegetables. He will come back with instant noodles, rice, soap and other groceries he would normally have no access to. Papua New Gu...

Juergen Freund / Split level image of Papuan fisherman standing on his dugout canoe over shallow corals, New Ireland, Papua New Guinea, June 2010

Juergen Freund / Hook and line fishermen in dugout canoe and self made goggles catching a coral grouper for growing on in cage for the Live reef fish trade, Wakatobi, South Sulawesi, Indonesia

Juergen Freund / Fisherman on outrigger boat catching Yellowfin tuna with hook and line. Sulawesi, Indonesia, December 2009. Fishermen fish close to a fish attracting device, some remain at sea for up to 2 months.

Juergen Freund / West Papuan fishermen in their outrigger boat. Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, February 2010

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Dolgan reindeer / caribou herder's balok (wooden hut built on sled runners) with chimney smoking. Taymyr, Northern Siberia, Russia, 2004.

Tim Laman / Men spearfishing at night from the bows of canoes in Mayalibit Bay. Waigeo Island, West Papua, Indonesia, April 2007

Juan Manuel Borrero / Upturned canoes (caballitos) owned by the Fishermen of Totora, on Pimentel beach at sunset. Chiclayo. Peru November 2009

Inaki Relanzon / Traditional fishermen who rows with the feet, in Inle Lake, Shan State, Myanmar, Burma. August 2009

Inaki Relanzon / Traditional fishermen with their boats on a narrow river, Inle Lake, Shan State, Myanmar, Burma. August 2009

Tim Laman / Shrimp fry fishing in the Sibsa River. Each fisherman, working from his own boat, has set a net to capture shrimp fry passing on the current as the tide rises and brings water in from the sea. Nolian...

Steven Kazlowski / An Inupiaq whaling crew prepare to paddle their seal skin boat / umiak, in an open lead in the Chukchi Sea, during spring whaling season, off the Arctic coastal village of Point Hope, Alaska, May 2008

Steven Kazlowski / An Inupiaq whaling crew paddle their seal skin boat / umiak, in an open lead in the Chukchi Sea, during spring whaling season, off the Arctic coastal village of Point Hope, Alaska, May 2008

Pete Oxford / Lake Titicaca with local Indian in traditional reed boat and Giant Titicaca frog {Telmatobius culeus} in foreground, captive release, Bolivia

Rhonda Klevansky / Boat builders in Kerala, southern India

Jean E. Roche / Wildfowl hunter in boat with dog, Camargue, France. Duck shooting

Jabruson / Hong Kong harbour and ocean front with traditional boat or junk Kowloon, Hong Kong, China

Espen Bergersen / Killer whales / orcas (Orcinus orca) surfacing and blowing close to tourists on sail ship 'Antigua'. Kvaloya, Troms, Norway, October

Juan Carlos Munoz / Panyee fishing village. Phang Nga Bay, Andaman Sea, Thailand.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Jellyfish fishing. Krabi coast. Krabi province, Andaman Sea, Thailand.

Ernie Janes / Fishing with traditional coble boat at Alnmouth with Couquet Isand England, UK, July

Doug Perrine / Traditional subsistence hunters struggle to subdue a harpooned Pacific leatherback sea turtle, (Dermochelys coriacea) a Critically Endangered species, Kei (or Kai) Islands, Moluccas, eastern Indonesia...

Doug Perrine / Leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) is pulled back to the boat after being harpooned by traditional subsistence hunters, Kei ( or Kai ) Islands, Moluccas, eastern Indonesia, Banda Sea, South...

Ashley Cooper / An old windmill converted into a house in Sigri on Lesvos, with a fossilised tree in the foreground. Greece, June 2013

Ashley Cooper / Constructing traditional dug out canoe, Malawi, March 2015.

Ashley Cooper / Fisherman in a traditional dug out canoe at Cape Maclear, on Lake Malawi, Malawi, Africa.

Sylvain Cordier / Siberian Yupiks who have killed two walruses returning to their village by boat, Preobrazheniya Bay, Chukotka, Russia.

Franco Banfi / The Stad Amsterdam, a three-masted clipper, off the coast of Dominica, January 2015.

Franco Banfi / The Stad Amsterdam, a three-masted clipper, off the coast of Dominica, January 2015.

Edwin Giesbers / Men in row boat during Swan upping, the annual census and marking of the Swans on the River Thames. England, UK, July 2016.

Edwin Giesbers / Men carrying Mute swan (Cygnus olor) into row boat during Swan upping, the annual census and marking of the Swans on the River Thames. England, UK, July 2016.

Edwin Giesbers / Sign for the Royal Swan Upping and rope, the Swan upping is the annual census and marking of the Swans on the River Thames. England, UK, July 2016.

Edwin Giesbers / The Queen's Royal Swan Marker - David Barber and rowers in boat during Swan upping, the annual census and marking of the Swans on the River Thames. England, UK, July 2016.

Edwin Giesbers / The Queen's Royal Swan Marker - David Barber and rowers in boat during the Swan Upping - the annual census and marking of the Swans on the River Thames. England, UK, July 2016.

Edwin Giesbers / People catching Mute swans (Cygnus olor) during the Swan upping, the annual census and marking of the Swans on the River Thames. England, UK, July 2016.

Edwin Giesbers / Men in boat with Mute swan (Cygnus olor) during the Swan upping, the annual census and marking of the Swans on the River Thames. England, UK, July 2016

Edwin Giesbers / People in boats catching Mute swan (Cygnus olor) during the Swan upping, the annual census and marking of the Swans on the River Thames. England, UK, July 2016

Michel Roggo / Fisherman in traditional dugout canoe, Lake Malawi, Malawi, November 2015. Photographed for The Freshwater Project

Angelo Gandolfi / Drake bay, Osa peninsula with Sailing ship Starflyer (Star Clippers fleet), Costa Rica, March 2013.

Constantinos Petrinos / Traditional Malaysian fishing boats on the banks of Kuantan River, Kuantan, Malaysia. September 2007.

Constantinos Petrinos / Traditional Malaysian fishing boats on the banks of Kuantan River, Kuantan, Malaysia. September 2007.

Constantinos Petrinos / Traditional Malaysian fishing boats on the banks of Kuantan River, Kuantan, Malaysia. September 2007.

Constantinos Petrinos / Traditional Malaysian fishing boats on the banks of Kuantan River, Kuantan, Malaysia. September 2007.

Constantinos Petrinos / Traditional Malaysian fishing boats on the banks of Kuantan River, Kuantan, Malaysia. September 2007.

Francois Savigny / Traditional whale hunter in sailing boat, Pico Island, Azores, Portugal, Europe.

David Pattyn / Traditional boat building, Ambondro-Ampasy village close to Anjajavy Private Reserve, north west Madagascar, August 2016.

Martin Gabriel / Sur, a city at the coast of Oman, with tidal mudflats, sand banks and traditional boats, Sultanate of Oman, February.

Martin Gabriel / Sur, a city at the coast of Oman, with mosques and a traditional dock for the construction of wooden boats, Sultanate of Oman, February.

Philippe Clement / Lighthouse Phare de l'lle Vierge opposite the village of Lilia, tallest traditional lighthouse in the world, Plouguerneau, Finistere, Brittany, France, September 2015

Tim Laman / Traditional canoes on the beach. Papua New Guinea.

Tim Laman / Outrigger canoe with roofed hut. Kabui Bay, Waigeo Island.

Constantinos Petrinos / Traditional windmills, and luxury yachts, including the luxury ship Wind Star, which is a sleek, 4-masted sailing yacht. Mykonos Island, Cyclades, Aegean Sea, Mediterranean, Greece, August 2007

Constantinos Petrinos / Traditional windmills, and luxury yachts, including the luxury ship Wind Star, which is a sleek, 4-masted sailing yacht. Mykonos Island, Cyclades, Aegean Sea, Mediterranean, Greece, August 2007

Constantinos Petrinos / Traditional windmill, and luxury ship Wind Star, which is a sleek, 4-masted sailing yacht. Mykonos Island, Cyclades, Aegean Sea, Mediterranean, Greece, August 2007

Constantinos Petrinos / Traditional windmill, and luxury ship Wind Star, which is a sleek, 4-masted sailing yacht. Mykonos Island, Cyclades, Aegean Sea, Mediterranean, Greece, August 2007

Constantinos Petrinos / Small shipyard used to construct or repair traditional wooden Greek fishing boats called caique. Spetses Island, Aegean Sea, Greece, Mediterranean, August 2013

Constantinos Petrinos / Small shipyard used to construct or repair traditional wooden Greek fishing boats called caique. Spetses Island, Aegean Sea, Greece, Mediterranean, August 2013

Constantinos Petrinos / Small shipyard used to construct or repair traditional wooden Greek fishing boats called caique. Spetses Island, Aegean Sea, Greece, Mediterranean, August 2013

Bruno D'Amicis / Traditional Nile grass boat with catch of fish. Bahir Dar, Lake Tana Biosphere Reserve, Ethiopia. December 2013.

Bruno D'Amicis / Traditional Nile grass boat with catch of fish. Bahir Dar, Lake Tana Biosphere Reserve, Ethiopia. December 2013.

Bruno D'Amicis / Fisherman on traditional Nile grass boat, Lake Tana Biosphere Reserve, Ethiopia. December 2013.

Kristel Richard / Sue Day, in a Victorian dress, tows with her draft horse, Maria, a 1814 wooden narrowboat, on the canals, near Marple, Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England. July 2015.

Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / Boats along river and traditional Dayak community longhouse, Singkawang, West Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo. July 2010.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Traditional Melanesian outrigger boat, Ile des Pins (Pine Island), New Caledonia, September 2008.

Jeff Rotman / Fishermen landing large Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) during 'Mattanza', a traditional tuna cull in which the Sicilian fishermen trap, catch and slaughter Mediterranean bluefin tuna. Favign...

Loic Poidevin / Fisherman in traditional boat removing fish from net, Lake Baringo, Kenya, October 2013.

Christophe Courteau / Villagers travelling in dugout canoe frome on village to another for traditional voodoo / vodun ceremony, Benin, February 2011.

Christophe Courteau / Aerial view of 'Zangbeto' guardians of the night, and priests in boat going to visit another village for voodoo / vodun ceremony, Benin, Africa, February 2011.

Christophe Courteau / 'Zangbeto' traditional guardians of the night, and priests in boat going to visit another village for a voodoo / vodun ceremony, Benin, Africa, February 2011.

Christophe Courteau / 'Zangbeto' traditional guardians of the night in boat going to visit another village for a voodoo / vodun ceremony, Benin, Africa, February 2011.

Christophe Courteau / 'Zangbeto' traditional guardians of the night in boat going to visit another village for a voodoo / vodun ceremony, Benin, Africa, February 2011.

Christophe Courteau / 'Zangbeto' guardians of the night in dugout canoe to travel to another village for tradtional voodoo / vodun ceremony, Benin, Africa, February 2011.

Christophe Courteau / Men watching 'Zangbeto', traditional voodoo guardians of the night in the Yoruba religion, are helped in to boat to journey to another village for Voodoo / Vodun ceremony, Benin, February 2011.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lundgren / Traditional fisherman, Danube Delta, Romania, June 2013.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Indian rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis) with man on traditional boat in mist, Royal Chitwan National Park. Park, Nepal.

Claudio Contreras / Man navigating in a bangka boat between mangroves, Handumon, Danajon Bank, Central Visayas, Philippines, April 2013

Claudio Contreras / Man navigating in a bangka boat between mangroves, Handumon, Danajon Bank, Central Visayas, Philippines, April 2013

Claudio Contreras / Children hanging off outrigger of boat, Bilang Bilangang Island, Danajon Bank, Central Visayas, Philippines, April 2013

Claudio Contreras / Bangka boat and net, Jao Island, Danajon Bank, Central Visayas, Philippines, April 2013

Claudio Contreras / Bangka boat and houses, Bilang Bilangang Island, Danajon Bank, Central Visayas, Philippines, April 2013

Claudio Contreras / Guardstower and guardsmen in bangka boat, Marine Protected Area, Bilang Bilangang East Island, Danajon Bank, Central Visayas, Philippines, April 2013

Claudio Contreras / Bangka boat moored at sunrise, Jao Island, Danajon Bank, Central Visayas, Philippines, April 2013

Claudio Contreras / Portrait of man holding mooring rope of bangka boat, Jao Island, Danajon Bank, Central Visayas, Philippines, April 2013

Claudio Contreras / Man steering a bangka boat at sunset, Jao Island, Danajon Bank, Central Visayas, Philippines, April 2013