Ingo Arndt / "CTD" (instrument for collecting water samples from all water depths) at work 50 km from the ice floe base. ISPOL (ICE Station Polarstern) Expedition 2004/2005 from Alfred Wegener Institute; Bremerhav...

Dong Lei / Giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) close up of paw showing sixth toe, Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, Chengdu City, Sichuan Province, China.

Dong Lei / Giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) feeding, captive at Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, Chengdu City, Sichuan Province, China.

Dong Lei / Giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) portrait, captive at Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, Chengdu City, Sichuan Province, China.

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

Suzi Eszterhas / Keeper examining Giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) cub. Bifengxia Base, China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda, Ya'an, Sichuan, China. 2012. Captive.

Suzi Eszterhas / Keeper carrying Giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) cub. Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, Chengdu, Sichuan, China. 2012. Captive.

Suzi Eszterhas / Giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) cub lying on back. Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, Chengdu, Sichuan, China. Captive

Suzi Eszterhas / Red-billed leiothrix (Leiothrix lutea) Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, Chengdu, China

Ashley Cooper / The British Antarctic Survey base at Grytviken on South Georgia. February 2014

Ashley Cooper / Antarctic fur seals (Arctocephalus gazella) at Base Orcadas which is an Argentine scientific station in Antarctica. Laurie Island, South Orkney Islands, Antarctic Peninsula.

Ashley Cooper / Weather station at Base Orcadas, an Argentine scientific station in Laurie Island, South Orkney Islands, Antarctica, February 2014.

Ashley Cooper / Campbell Stokes Sunshine Recorder, which measures hours of sunlight at Base Orcadas, an Argentine scientific station in Laurie Island, South Orkney Islands, Antarctic Peninsula.

Ashley Cooper / Base Orcadas, an Argentine scientific station in Antarctica, Laurie Island, South Orkney Islands, Antarctic Peninsula.

Ashley Cooper / Base Orcadas an Argentine scientific station in Antarctica, and the oldest of the stations in Antarctica still in operation. Laurie Island, South Orkney Islands, Antarctic Peninsula.

Ingo Arndt / Helicopter transporting "CTD" (instrument for collecting water samples from all water depths) to research site 50 km away from the ice floe base. ISPOL (ICE Station Polarstern) Expedition 2004/2005 fr...

Ingo Arndt / "CTD" (instrument for collecting water samples from all water depth) at work 50 km from the ice floe base. ISPOL (ICE Station Polarstern) Expedition 2004/2005 from Alfred Wegener Institute; Bremerhave...

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / GPRS camera trap at base of tree. Emails surveillance photographs of Wildcat (Felis silvestris grampia) live traps to fieldworkers every four hours, Strathspey, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK,...

Tim Laman / Edwin Scholes showing video of Magnificent riflebird he just shot on his laptop back at the Lowland forest base camp. West Papua, New Guinea. August 2009.

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

Flip de Nooyer / Researcher at Vernadsky Research Base, Galindez Island, Antarctica

Russell Laman / Dead Emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) on a table, used for research, inside Scott's Second Hut, the base associated with Scott's British Antarctic (Tierra Nova) Expedition where he rea...

Doug Allan / Terra Nova Italian Research Base, Ross Sea, Antarctica, October 1999.

Doug Allan / Snow-Cat tractor towing snow blocks to provide water for scientific base, Halley Research Station, Brunt Ice Shelf, Antarctica, August 1983.

Mark MacEwen / Mountains above abandoned whaling station and British Antarctic Survey Research Base. Grytviken whaling station was the largest on South Georgia. October 2017.

Ashley Cooper / Chinese tourists posing beside Whale skeleton at Great Wall Station, a Chinese research base. King George Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. January 2020.

Ashley Cooper / Whale skeleton at Great Wall Station, Chinese research base. King George Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. January 2020.

Ashley Cooper / Workers standing near Chinese flag at Great Wall Station, Chinese research base, King George Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. January 2020.

Ashley Cooper / Great Wall Station, Chinese base for scientific research. King George Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. January 2020.

Ashley Cooper / Tourists from expedition cruise ship playing at billiards table and purchasing postcards in shop. Vernadsky Station Ukranian research base, Galindez Island, Argentine Islands, Antarctica. 2019.

Ashley Cooper / Man outside Vernadsky Station Ukrainian research base, signpost pointing to places across the world. Galindez Island, Argentine Islands, Antarctica. December 2019.

Ashley Cooper / Equipment room with skis, snowshoes and coats. Vernadsky Station Ukrainian research base, Galindez Island, Argentine Islands, Antarctica. 2019.

Ashley Cooper / Small chapel in snow, Vernadsky Station Ukrainian research base, Galindez Island, Argentine Islands, Antarctica. 2019.

Ashley Cooper / Tourists from expedition cruise ship visiting Vernadsky Station Ukrainian research base, dog sleds in foreground. Galindez Island, Argentine Islands, Antarctica. December 2019.

Ashley Cooper / Gift shop selling souvenirs at Vernadsky Station Ukrainian research base. Galindez Island, Argentine Islands, Antarctica. December 2019.

Ashley Cooper / Vernadsky Station Ukrainian research base on rocks above Southern Ocean. Galindez Island, Argentine Islands, Antarctica. December 2019.

Ashley Cooper / Fading wooden sign reading 'British Crown Land' outside Wordie House, a former British scientific research base. Winter Island, Argentine Islands, Antarctica. January 2020.

Ashley Cooper / Equipment including typewriter in Wordie House, a former British scientific research base. Winter Island, Argentine Islands, Antarctica. 2020.

Ashley Cooper / Tourist beside heating stove in Wordie House, a former British scientific research base, Winter Island, Argentine Islands, Antarctica. 2020.

Ashley Cooper / Radio, kitchen crockery and colanders on shelf in Wordie House, a former British scientific research base. Winter Island, Argentine Islands, Antarctica. 2020.

Ashley Cooper / Wordie House, a former British scientific research base. Winter Island, Argentine Islands, Antarctica. January 2020.

Ashley Cooper / Wordie House, a former British scientific research base. Winter Island, Argentine Islands, Antarctica. January 2020.

Ashley Cooper / Fuel tank and buildings at Vernadsky Station Ukrainian research base, a former British base. Galindez Island, Antarctica. January 2020.

Sirachai Arunrugstichai / Team of aquatic veterinarians extract blood sample from the base of the tail of a Giant freshwater whipray (Urogymnus polylepis) captured in Mae Klong river for research purpose, Samut Songkhram Provi...