Eric Dragesco / A yurt of a Kyrgyz shepherd family on the steppe. Naryn National Park, Kyrgyzstan, Central Asia, November 2009.

Gertrud & Helmut Denzau / Family group portrait outside their yurt (home), Gobi Desert, Mongolia.

Bruno D'Amicis / Fennec fox (Vulpes zerda) tail of hanging from a Tunisian car rear mirror. Fennecs are sometimes considered as pests by desert nomads and thus hunted. Kebili Governorate, Tunisia.

Laurent Geslin / Two San bushmen walking through bush, Kalahari desert, Namibia 2005

Laurent Geslin / San bushman, Kalahari desert, Namibia 2005

Ben Lascelles / Tibetan Yak herders tent, the nomadic herders are known as Drokpa and make up about 25 percent of Tibetans in Tibet, Gurugem Gompa, near Mount Kailash, Tibet, June 2010

Eric Dragesco / A Kyrgyz shepherd mounted on a pony with mountain peaks in the distance. Naryn National Park, Kyrgyzstan, Central Asia, November 2009.

Eric Dragesco / Portrait of a Kyrgyz shepherd with his dog. Naryn National Park, Kyrgyzstan, Central Asia, November 2009.

Eric Dragesco / Portrait of a Kyrgyz shepherd with her child. Naryn National Park, Kyrgyzstan, Central Asia, November 2009.

Tom Hugh-Jones / Group of Mauritanian nomads gathering in their tents in the evening, SW Mauritania, February 2004.

Colin Monteath / Bactrian Camel (Camelus bactrianus) group, owned by Kazak nomads, grazing, Mongolia

Mark Jacobs / Reconstruction of The Bounty/ The Endeavour for tv series Nomads of the wind, 1992

Mark Jacobs / Marquesan with native banana crop for tv series Nomads of the Wind, 1992

Mark Jacobs / Reconstruction - New Zealand Traditional Maori culture for tv series Nomads of the wind, 1992

George Chan / Kazakh nomads with cattle in Xinjiang Province, China. June 2006

PETER CRAWFORD / Filming Akivi statues for BBC television programme 'Nomads of the Wind', Easter Island

George Chan / Kazakh family moving their camp in the Altai Mountains near Mongolian Border, Xinjiang Province, North-west China. September 2007, BBC "Wild China" series

Konstantin Mikhailov / Satellite disc outside ger / yurt, Gobi desert, Mongolia, central asia

Konstantin Mikhailov / Woman milking a Bactrian camel, Gobi Desert, Mongolia

Konstantin Mikhailov / Woman milking a domesticated Bactrian camel, Gobi Desert, Mongolia

Konstantin Mikhailov / Separating curds and whey, Gobi desert, Mongolia

Konstantin Mikhailov / Woman drinking in Ger /Yurt, Gobi Desert, Mongolia

Konstantin Mikhailov / Satellite dish outside traditional gers / yurts, Gobi desert, Mongolia, central Asia

Konstantin Mikhailov / Woman milking a horse, Gobi Desert, Mongolia

Konstantin Mikhailov / Yurt of nomads with truck, Gobi Desert, Mongolia

Konstantin Mikhailov / Nomad on horseback herding sheep, Gobi Desert, Mongolia

Konstantin Mikhailov / Nomad, Gobi Desert, Mongolia

Pete Oxford / Kazakh nomads making metal horse shoes nr Tsengle Khairkhan Mt, Western Mongolia. 2001

Pete Oxford / Aerial view of Gers, felt tents of nomads, and grazing livestock, Gobi desert, Mongolia. 2001

Pete Oxford / Nomads riding domesticated Bactrian camels {Camelus bactrianus} at Flaming cliffs, Gobi desert, Mongolia. 2001

Pete Oxford / Nomads riding domesticated Bactrian camels {Camelus bactrianus} at Flaming cliffs, Gobi desert, Mongolia. 2001

Pete Oxford / Kazakh nomads Gers / tents / yurts and grasing livestock, Tsengel, Khairkhan mtn, Western Mongolia. 2001

Pete Oxford / Nomads with Bactrian camels {Camelus bactrianus} Flaming cliffs, Gobi desert, Mongolia

Colin Monteath / Drogpa nomads herd Yaks above Kangshung Glacier, east of Mt Everest, Chomolonzo Peak is seen in the distance, Tibet

Colin Monteath / Domestic Horse (Equus caballus) herd owned by Kazak nomads, grazing, western Mongolia

Gertrud & Helmut Denzau / Elderly couple sitting inside felt-lined yurt (tent) Gobi Desert, Mongolia.

Gertrud & Helmut Denzau / Family sitting in kitchen area inside yurt (tent) about to eat. Gobi Desert, Mongolia.

Gertrud & Helmut Denzau / Men and young boy spinning inside yurt (tent), Gobi Desert, Mongolia.

Gertrud & Helmut Denzau / Portrait of man holding pipe inside felt-lined yurt (hut). Gobi Desert, Mongolia.

Gertrud & Helmut Denzau / Portrait of young girl with domestic lamb. Gobi Desert, Mongolia.

Gertrud & Helmut Denzau / Two girls and elder sitting inside yurt beside kitchen area. Gobi Desert, Mongolia.

Gertrud & Helmut Denzau / Elderly women sitting inside yurt (tent), Gobi Desert, Mongolia.

Gertrud & Helmut Denzau / Portrait of two tribal men with horses. Gobi Desert, Mongolia.

Gertrud & Helmut Denzau / Man on horseback, in traditional clothing, Gobi Desert, Mongolia.

Phil Chapman / Cameraman Mike Pitts filming white tern on Henderson Island for BBC television series 'Nomads of the Wind'.

Martha Holmes / Horseman herding horses, Hangay mountains, Mongolia 1992

Roberto Rinaldi / Palafitte cottage on stilts in Baju village on southern tip of Walea island, Togian Islands, Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Roberto Rinaldi / Palafitte cottage on stilts in Baju village on southern tip of Walea island, Togian Islands, Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Roberto Rinaldi / Palafitte cottage on stilts in Baju village on southern tip of Walea island, Togian Islands, Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Roberto Rinaldi / Palafitte cottage on stilts in Baju village on southern tip of Walea island, Togian Islands, Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Roberto Rinaldi / Baju / sea gypsies on a boat, Walea Island, Togian Islands, Sulawesi.

Roberto Rinaldi / Palafitte cottage on stilts in Baju village on southern tip of Walea island, Togian Islands, Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Roberto Rinaldi / Palafitte cottage on stilts in Baju village on southern tip of Walea island, Togian Islands, Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Roberto Rinaldi / Palafitte cottage on stilts in Baju village on southern tip of Walea island, Togian Islands, Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Roberto Rinaldi / Baju / sea gypsy boy sitting on wood with coconuts tied on, Togian Islands, Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Roberto Rinaldi / Palafitte cottage on stilts in Baju village on southern tip of Walea island, Togian Islands, Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Roberto Rinaldi / Palafitte cottage on stilts in Baju village on southern tip of Walea island, Togian Islands, Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Mark Jacobs / Reconstruction for tv series Nomads of the Wind, - packing food for voyage, 1992

Phil Chapman / Cameraman Mike Pitts filming Coconut Crab {Birgus latro} on Henderson Island for BBC television series "Nomads of the Wind", 1992

Mark Jacobs / Marquesan with native Banana crop, filmed for BBC television series 'Nomads of the Wind', Polynesia, 1992

Mark Jacobs / Woman collecting seaweed, filmed for BBC television series 'Nomads of the Wind' in Polynesia 1992

HUGH MAYNARD / Oasis in Sahara desert Niger Africa

Pete Oxford / Nomads Bactrian camels {Camelus bactrianus} Flaming cliffs Gobi desert Mongolia

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Nomads of the Goran ethnic group mounted on their Dromedary camels (Camelus dromedarius). Northern Chad. September 2019.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Nomads at an artifical well with their Dromedary camel (Camelus dromedarius) herd in the Sahara desert, northern Chad. September 2019.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Nomads with their Dromedary camel (Camelus dromedarius) herds in an artificial water well in the Sahara desert, northern Chad. September 2019.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Nomads with their Dromedary camel (Camelus dromedarius) in an artificial water well in the Sahara desert, northern Chad. September 2019.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Nomads with their dromedary herds in an artificial water well in the Sahara desert, northern Chad. September 2019.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Child cooling down under water falling from artificial well used by nomads and shepherds to provide water to sheep and dromedaries. Sahara Desert, Africa.