Bernard Castelein / Buddhist monk playing the Lawah (long trumpet) during afternoon pudja, Tso Kar, Ladakh, India, June 2010

Bernard Castelein / Young buddhist monk beating the drum during morning pudja, Thikse Gompa / Monastery, Ladakh, India

Niall Benvie / Skirlie McPiper wearing traditional dress playing bagpipes at Dunnotar Castle. Scotland, April 2011.

Benoit Stichelbaut / Skipper Pascal Bidegorry in the navigation room aboard Maxi yacht "Banque Populaire V", practicing off Cadiz, Spain. March 2009.

Benoit Stichelbaut / Arnaud Boissieres working aboard 60ft "Akena" during Transatlantic Jaques Vabre, September 2007

Benoit Stichelbaut / 60ft monohull "VMI" skipper Sebastien Josee working in cabin, Vendee Globe 2004/2005

Benoit Stichelbaut / Armel le Cleac'h at work on his 60ft "Brit Air" during the Route Du Rhum Transatlantic race, 2006

Benoit Stichelbaut / Onboard a SNSM vedette lifeboat off Saint-Nazaire, France, April 2006. ^^^For the start of Bruno Peyron's circumnavigation attempt aboard multihull "Orange 2".

Benoit Stichelbaut / Skipper Roland Jourdain consulting maps aboard Monohull Open 60ft "Veolia Environment" during Vendee Globe 2008-2009, October 2008.

Benoit Stichelbaut / Wooden steering wheel and compass upon yacht

Benoit Stichelbaut / Sebastien Josse aboard Imoca Open 60ft PRB, Barcelona World Race, 2007

Benoit Stichelbaut / Sebastien Josse aboard Imoca Open 60ft PRB, Barcelona World Race, 2007

Benoit Stichelbaut / Skipper Armel le Cleac'h on his monohull 60ft "Britair" yacht, September 2007

Benoit Stichelbaut / Armel le Cleac'h and Nicolas Troussel on monohull 60ft "Britair" yacht, September 2007

Benoit Stichelbaut / Armel le Cleac'h at work on his 60ft "Brit Air" during the Route Du Rhum Transatlantic race, 2006

Benoit Stichelbaut / Checking the radar aboard Maxi yacht "Banque Populaire V", skippered by Pascal Bidegorry, practicing off Cadiz, Spain. March 2009.

Benoit Stichelbaut / Skipper Pascal Bidegorry in the navigation room aboard Maxi yacht "Banque Populaire V", practicing off Cadiz, Spain. March 2009.

Benoit Stichelbaut / Arnaud Boissieres helming 60ft "Akena" during Transatlantic Jaques Vabre, September 2007

Benoit Stichelbaut / Skipper Bruno Peyron at chart-plottig table on Maxi-catamaran "Orange II", Jules Verne Trophy January 2005

Billy Black / Compass and dividers aboard cruising yacht.

Billy Black / Navigating with paper charts aboard Amel 54 ketch "Hollis" on delivery from Martinique, Caribbean. 2006.

Billy Black / Night time in the wheelhouse of 80ft. Oyster "Darling". Narragansett Bay, Newport, Rhode Island, September 2005. Property released.

Billy Black / Navigating with paper charts aboard Amel 54 ketch "Hollis" on delivery from Martinique, Caribbean. 2006.

Billy Black / Man navigating with paper charts aboard Amel 54 ketch "Hollis" on delivery from Martinique, Caribbean. 2006. Model and property released.

Onne van der Wal / Saint Barths Bucket Super Yacht Regatta, Caribbean, March 2009.

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 / SY "Adele"'s digital air and sea temperature guage showing below freezing whilst exploring the Antarctic Peninsula, January 2007.

Rick Tomlinson / SY "Adele"'s radar shows nine icebergs about 30 miles north of South Georgia, February 2007

Rick Tomlinson / SY "Adele"'s radar shows nine icebergs about 30 miles north of South Georgia, February 2007

Rick Tomlinson / Digital barometer onboard SY "Adele" showing the air and sea temperature whilst sailing in French Polynesia, 2006.

Rick Tomlinson / Barometer on SY "Adele", 180 foot Hoek Design, shows a very low pressure; the needle has dropped off the scale at 965, but 960 was recoreded. Deception Island, Antarctic Peninsula, January 13-15 2007....

Rick Tomlinson / ICAP "Leopard 3" hydraulic panel in front of the helmsman. Antigua Race Week 2008.

Rick Tomlinson / Water, air and sea temperatures onboard SY "Adele", 180 foot Hoek Design, during her expedition around the Antarctic Penninsula, January 2007.

Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / Sonar screen on the bridge of the pelagic trawler 'Charisma' showing shoals of Atlantic mackerel, Shetland Isles, Scotland, UK, October 2011

Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / Sonar and navigation instruments on the bridge of the pelagic trawler 'Charisma', Shetland Isles, Scotland, UK, October 2011

Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / Skipper David Hutchison on the bridge of the pelagic trawler 'Charisma', Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK, October 2011 Model Release available

Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / Sonar displays on the bridge of the pelagic trawler 'Charisma' showing position of net and shoals of Atlantic mackerel (Scomber scombrus), Shetland Isles, Scotland, UK, October 2011

Rick Tomlinson / Sailing north from South Georgia to Rio de Janeiro onboard SY "Adele", Mark Thirkettle practices with the sextant off the Brazilian Coast, February 2007.

Onne van der Wal / Saint Barths Bucket Super Yacht Regatta, Caribbean, March 2009.

Benoit Stichelbaut / Skipper Pascal Bidegorry in the navigation room aboard Maxi yacht "Banque Populaire V", practicing off Cadiz, Spain. March 2009.

Jeff Wilson / Nautical chart of the South Shetland Islands, South Atlantic, November 2008. Taken on location for the BBC series, Frozen Planet.

Jeff Wilson / Nautical chart of the South Shetland Islands, South Atlantic, November 2008. Taken on location for the BBC series, Frozen Planet.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Inuit drum made from sealskin and used for traditional drum dances. Qaanaaq, Northwest Greenland, September 2008.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / 17th Century Saami Shaman's magic drum from Vard in Finnmark. North Norway, March 2007.

Bernard Castelein / Three Buddhist monks, preparing to play the lawah (a long trumpet) Phyang, Ladakh, India, June 2010

Bernard Castelein / Elderly Buddhist monk, during rehearsal for festival at Hemis Gompa, Ladakh, India, June 2010

Bernard Castelein / Buddhist monk blowing the conch, Thikse Gompa / Monastery Ladakh, India, June 2010

Bernard Castelein / Buddhist monk blowing the conch, Thikse Gompa / Monastery Ladakh, India, June 2010

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Elderly Nenets man holding sacred drum, which he made in 1946. Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia, 2001.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Dogon boys wrestling to beat of goatskin drums, a local tradition. Mali, West Africa, 1981.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / John MacDonald, a Scot who lives in Canada's arctic, playing the bagpipes in a large igloo. Nunavut, Canada, 1999.

Jean E. Roche / Church service to celebrate the Salt feast at Salin de Giraud, Camargue, France, May 2008

Kristel Richard / Drummers of La Maison Du Roy (the Royal House) of the Garde Républicaine (Republican Guard), part of the French Gendarmerie, mounted on Selle Français horses at the Caserne des Célestins, Paris, Fr...

Jeff Rotman / Research, tags and and tagging instruments with log book and diagrams of Great White Shark (Carcharodon carcharias) Dangerous Reef, Great Australian Bight, South Australia

Gabriel Rojo / Nautical maps of Deception Island, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, February 2006

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Downloading data from the instruments of the tower for meteorology research at National Institute for Research on the Amazon, Cuieiras Biological Reserve, Amazonas, Northern Brazil. 2006

Michele Westmorland / Village children performing in music and dance performance on Santa Ana Island, Solomon Islands. Santa Ana has a mixture of Melanesian and Polynesian traditions. They are famous for their pan pipes an...

Michele Westmorland / Two elder men with traditional drum performing for tourists on Rano Island, Vanuatu May 2008

Michele Westmorland / Village elders with traditional drum performing for tourists, Rano Island, Vanuatu May 2008

Bruno D'Amicis / Paleotropical animals (Antelopes etc.) and hunting instruments carved in the 8000 years old petroglyohs of Aït Ouaazik in the Draa Valley, Southern Morocco, NW Africa

Bernard Castelein / Young Buddhist monks blowing horns during puja, Anden Gumpa, between Sombare and Hilley, West Sikkim, India October 2007

Bernard Castelein / Buddhist monks playing short trumpets after Puja in Phodong Monastery, Phodong, Sikkim, India October 2007

Bernard Castelein / Young Buddhist monk during puja, Anden Gumpa, between Sombare and Hilley, West Sikkim, India October 2007

Edwin Giesbers / Antarctica - map / chart and mapping instruments including dividers and parallel rulers

Vanessa Berlowitz / Buddhist monks blowing their horns at the Likir festival, Ladakh, Kashmir, India

Pete Oxford / Naxi musicians playing in Dayan orchestra, Lijiang, Yunnan Province, China 2006

Pete Oxford / Naxi performer / musician in Dayan orchestra, Lijiang, Yunnan Province, China 2006

Bernard Castelein / Monks playing 'Lawa' (long trumpet) Lo-Manthang at the end of the 'Duk chu' festival, Upper Mustang, Nepal

Bernard Castelein / Nepalese monk playing 'Cignil' or cymbals during 'Duk chu' festival, Lo-Manthang, Upper Mustang, Nepal

Bernard Castelein / Traditional 'Cignil' or cymbals played by Nepalese monks, Lo-Manthang, Upper Mustang, Nepal

Bernard Castelein / Nepalese monks playing the 'Lawa' (long trumpet) and 'Geling' (short trumpet) during 'Duk chu' festival, Chhode Gompa of Lo-Manthang, Upper Mustang, Nepal

Bernard Castelein / Nepalese monks, playing 'Nha' or hand-drum during 'Duk chu' festival, Lo-Manthang, Upper Mustang, Nepal

Bernard Castelein / Two Nepalese monks playing the 'Geling' (short trumpet) on rooftop of the Chhode Gompa during 'Duk chu' festival, Lo-Manthang, Upper Mustang, Nepal

Bernard Castelein / Napalese monks, carrying 'Lawa' (long trumpet)preparing for the final ceremony of 'Duk chu' festival, where monk's dance and prayer for a prosperous year. Lo-Manthang, Upper Mustang, Nepal.

Bernard Castelein / Two Nepalese monks playing the 'Lawa' (long trumpet) on the rooftop of the Chhode Gompa, at the end of the last ceremony of 'Duk chu' festival, Lo-Manthang, Upper Mustang, Nepal

Michael Pitts / Huli wigman with pan pipes at Market in Tari, Central Highlands, Papua New Guinea

Jabruson / Painting of animals dancing and playing instruments, Virunga NP, Democratic Republic of Congo

Pete Oxford / Traditional musicians in traditional clothing, Intiraymi festival, Cayambe, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Fair vendor selling wooden whistles musical instruments, Central India

Pete Oxford / Native Koryak dancers, Ossora, Karaginsky, Kamchatka peninsula, Russia

Elio Della Ferrera / Snake charmers playing to raise Cobra from the basket, Gujarat, India

Pete Oxford / Native Koryak man dancing with drum, Ossora, Karaginsky, Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia

Juergen Freund / Dancers at Sing-Sing celebration with instruments, grass skirts and shell jewellery. Tufi, Oro Province, Papua New Guinea

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Quechua musicians play wind instruments at festival, La Paz, Bolivia

Igor Shpilenok / Kalmykian women dressed up for May Day holidays, Yashkul, Russia.

Pete Oxford / Koryak dancers, Kamchatka peninsula, Russia

Pete Oxford / Koryak dancers in ceremonial dress, Ossora, Karaginsky Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia

Pete Oxford / Koryak dancers in ceremonial dress, Ossora, Karaginsky Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia

Jeff Rotman / Tagging instruments for Basking shark, Satellite tags x 2, acoustic tag, visual tag, UK

Onne van der Wal / Pursuit powerboat console with instruments, Annapolis, Maryland, USA.

Onne van der Wal / Racing aboard J-Class "Velsheda" at Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta 2005, Caribbean.

Onne van der Wal / Hinckley Picnic motorboat interior controls.

Onne van der Wal / Interior of the Fontaine 53 cruising yacht with navigation desk, Rhode Island, USA. October 2006.

Onne van der Wal / Electronics displaying boat speed, direction and wind speed of "Maximus" during the 2006 Newport to Bermuda race.

Onne van der Wal / Cockpit detail of a speed boat near Newport, Rhode Island.

Onne van der Wal / Interior of the Fontaine 53 cruising yacht, Rhode Island, USA. October 2006.