Paul Hobson / Flock of Pink Footed geese (Anser brachyrhynchus) flying low over Liverpool bay, with gas rig behind. England, UK. November.

Philip Stephen / Fishing vessel "Harvester" and the "Jotun B" oil production platform. North Sea, May 2010.

Philip Stephen / Fishing vessel "Harvester" and the "Jotun B" oil production platform. North Sea, May 2010.

Philip Stephen / Fishing vessel "Ocean Harvest" operating close to the "Beryl Alpha" production platform, 160 miles Northeast of Aberdeen, in the North Sea. March 2010.

Philip Stephen / Fishing trawler 'Harvest Hope' with Buzzard oilfield in the background. North Sea, Europe, February 2012. All non-editorial uses must be cleared individually.

Philip Stephen / Buzzard offshore production field, North Sea, February 2012. All non-editorial uses must be cleared individually.

Philip Stephen / Oil drilling rig "John Shaw", situated at the Don oilfield 240 miles North East of Aberdeen, in heavy seas. North Sea, 2009.

Philip Stephen / Lights illuminate Claymore production platform at night, which is situated 100 miles north east of Aberdeen, March 2008

Philip Stephen / Oil drilling rig "John Shaw", situated at the Don oilfield 240 miles North East of Aberdeen, in heavy seas. North Sea, 2009.

Philip Stephen / Oil rig "Northern Producer" in a force 9 gale. North Sea, March 2009.

Philip Stephen / Oil rig "Northern Producer" in stormy conditions. North Sea, March 2009.

Philip Stephen / Oil rig supply vessel "Highland Citadel" approaching Peterhead Harbour, Scotland, with another ship in the background. September 2008.

Philip Stephen / Oil rig supply vessel "Highland Citadel" approaching Peterhead Harbour, Scotland. September 2008.

Philip Stephen / Oil rig "Northern Producer" in a force 9 gale. North Sea, March 2009.

Philip Stephen / Oil rig "Northern Producer" in a force 9 gale. North Sea, March 2009.

Philip Stephen / The oil rig J.W McLean flares off gas at night during drilling operations in the North Sea, September 2006

Philip Stephen / The oil rig J.W McLean flares off gas during drilling operations in the North Sea, September 2006

Philip Stephen / Silhouette of supply vessels and an oil rig in the North Sea, September 2006

Philip Stephen / The oil rig J.W McLean buffeted by rough waves during a gale in the North Sea, September 2006

Philip Stephen / The fishing vessel Saggitarius fights through waves in stormy weather in the North Sea near the Beryl oil rig, 160 miles north east of Aberdeen

Philip Stephen / Oil drilling rig "John Shaw", situated at the Don oilfield 240 miles North East of Aberdeen, in heavy seas. North Sea, 2009.

Philip Stephen / Oil drilling rig "John Shaw", situated at the Don oilfield 240 miles North East of Aberdeen, in heavy seas. North Sea, 2009.

Philip Stephen / Oil drilling rig "John Shaw", situated at the Don oilfield 240 miles North East of Aberdeen, in heavy seas. North Sea, 2009.

Philip Stephen / Silhouette of the Bruce production platfom, operated by BP, situated in the North Sea 100 miles east of the Shetland Islands, May 2006

Philip Stephen / The oil rig Ninian Southern, situated 90 miles east of the Shetland Islands, flares off gas during drilling operations in the North Sea, September 2007

Philip Stephen / The oil rig J.W McLean flares off gas during drilling operations in the North Sea, September 2006

Merryn Thomas / Tall ships sails at the Funchal 500 Tall Ships Regatta race day, Saturday 13th September 2008. Falmouth, Cornwall, UK

Philip Stephen / Twin rig stern trawler "Atlantic Challenge" fishing for cod and saithe on the continental shelf west of the Shetlands, June 2008.

Philip Stephen / Twin rig stern trawler "Atlantic Challenge" fishing for cod and saithe on the continental shelf west of the Shetlands, June 2008.

Philip Stephen / Oil rig supply vessel "Strilmoy" at the "Beryl bravo" platform, North Sea, March 2010.

Philip Stephen / Fishing vessel "Harvester" beside an oil platform on the North Sea, October 2009.

Philip Stephen / Offloading containers at the Beryl alpha platform, North Sea, October 2009.

Philip Stephen / Oil rig supply vessel "Porto Salvo" leaving Peterhead, Scotland, June 2010.

Philip Stephen / Oil rig supply vessel "Porto Salvo" leaving Peterhead, Scotland, June 2010.

Philip Stephen / "Jotun Bravo" platform on a flat calm sea in hazy conditions. North Sea, May 2010.

Merryn Thomas / Sails of barque "Sedov" at the Funchal 500 Tall Ships Regatta race day, Saturday 13th September 2008. Falmouth, Cornwall, UK

Philip Stephen / The oil rig J.W McLean flares off gas during drilling operations in the North Sea, September 2006

Philip Stephen / Oil drilling rig "John Shaw", situated at the Don oilfield 240 miles North East of Aberdeen, in heavy seas. North Sea, 2009.

Philip Stephen / Oil rig supply vessel "Strilmoy" offloading at the "Beryl bravo" platform, North Sea, March 2010.

Philip Stephen / Silhouette of the oil rig J.W McLean in the North Sea, September 2006

Philip Stephen / Oil drilling rig "John Shaw", situated at the Don oilfield 240 miles North East of Aberdeen, in heavy seas. North Sea, 2009.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Jakov Vanuito, a Nenets reindeer herder, sits infront of a gas drilling derrick near Tambey in the South Tambey gas field. Yamal Peninsula, Western Siberia, Russia, March 2011

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Drilling derricks near Sabetta in the South Tambey gas field. Yamal Peninsula, Western Siberia, Russia, March 2011

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Cranes and drilling derricks at the port in Sabetta in the South Tambey gas field. Yamal Peninsula, Western Siberia, Russia, March 2011

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Cranes and drilling derricks near at the port in Sabetta in the South Tambey gas field. Yamal Peninsula, Western Siberia, Russia, March 2011

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Nenets girl driving Reindeer / Caribou (Rangifer tarandus) sled past drilling rig in Gazprom's Bovanenkovo field. Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia, 1993.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Nenets Reindeer / Caribou herders camp by Gas drilling rig in Gazprom's Bovanenkovo field. Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia, 1993.

Philippe Clement / Oil rig in Cromarty Firth near the port of Invergordon, Easter Ross, Highlands, Scotland, UK, May 2010

Gerrit Vyn / Natural gas rig in Mobile Bay. Mobile County, Alabama, USA, July 2010.

Gerrit Vyn / Natural gas platform and Shrimp boat skimmer in Mobile Bay. Baldwin County, Alabama. USA, June.

Gerrit Vyn / Oil drilling rig in Mississippi River delta salt marsh. Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana. USA, July 2010.

Gerrit Vyn / Brown Pelicans (Pelecanus occidentalis) landing on oil and gas infrastructure at sunset. Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana. USA, July 2010.

Neil Lucas / Camera equipment on pulley for filming Giant sequoia tree (Sequoiadendron giganteum) for BC Life series, California USA, October 2007

Philip Stephen / Esso's "Jotun B" platform in calm conditions. North Sea, May 2010.

Philip Stephen / Fishing vessel "Ocean Harvest" operating close to the "Beryl Bravo" production platform, 160 miles Northeast of Aberdeen, in the North Sea. March 2010.

Chadden Hunter / Chadden Hunter (cameraman) and film crew filming inside 'moulins', the ice caves that drain meltwater through glaciers, Gorner Glacier, Alps, Switzerland, October 2005. Filming for the Mountains Epis...

Jeff Rotman / A novel actinomycetes (bacterium known to produce antibiotics) isolated from marine biomass collected from oil-rig platform growing on an agar plate, Laboratory, Louisiana State University, Baton Roug...

Philip Stephen / Oil drilling rig "John Shaw", situated at the Don oilfield 240 miles North East of Aberdeen, in heavy seas. North Sea, 2009.

Niall Benvie / Rig used to photograph invertebrates outdoors with white background, 2008

Niall Benvie / Rig used to photograph plants outdoors with white background, 2008

Shattil & Rozinski / Off-shore oil rig silhouetted against setting sun, Gulf of Mexico, off Texas coast, USA

Doug Perrine / Cocoa damselfish {Pomacentrus / Stegastes variabilis} juvenile amongst sponges on oil rig, Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean

Philip Stephen / Silhouette of a supply vessel and oil rig in the North Sea, September 2006

Philip Stephen / The stand-by vessel Grampian Monarch in front of the Bruce oil production platfom, operated by BP, situated in the North Sea 100 miles east of the Shetland Islands, May 2006

Philip Stephen / The oil rig J.W McLean flares off gas during drilling operations in the North Sea, September 2006

Philip Stephen / A helicopter and supply vessel next to the oil rig J.W McLean, North Sea, September 2006

Philip Stephen / The fishing vessel Demares fights through heavy waves in stormy weather in the North Sea near the Beryl oil rig, 160 miles north east of Aberdeen

Martin H Smith / Oil rig with supply ship North Sea

Mike Potts / Aerial view of oil drilling rig on coastal wetlands, Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, USA 1988

Mike Potts / Aerial view of oil drilling rig on coastal wetlands, Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, USA 1988

Mike Potts / Aerial view of oil drilling rig on coastal wetlands, Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, USA 1988

Chris Gomersall / Oil rig awaiting refit, Cromarty Firth, Scotland, UK

Martin H Smith / Robin {Erithacus rubecula} dead from exhaustion on oil rig supply ship, North Sea.

Flip Nicklin / Coral growing on oil rig, Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, Texas

Martin H Smith / Oil rig with supply ship North Sea

Philip Stephen / Scott oil production platform, operated by Amerada Hess.March 2005.

Philip Stephen / Tartan oil production platform on the North Sea operated by Texaco. March 2005.

Philip Stephen / Drilling rig "Deep Sea Bergen". December 2006

Philip Stephen / Beryl Alpha Oil Production Platform, located in the UK sector of the North Sea, approximately 315 kilometres north-east of Aberdeen. August 2006.

Philip Stephen / Scott oil production platform in choppy seas, operated by Amerada Hess. March 2005.

Philip Stephen / Fishing vessel heading into strong winds, towards an oil or gas rig in the distance. North Sea. October 2006.

Philip Stephen / Scott oil production platform, operated by Amerada Hess on the North Sea, March 2005.

Philip Stephen / Oil rig stand-by vessel M.V. "Aberdonian",on station at the Tartan oilfield, North Sea. March 2005.

Philip Stephen / Drilling rig shrouded in fog, North Sea. May 2005.

Philip Stephen / Jack-up rig “Maersk Inspirer”. Moray Firth, northern Scotland. FEBRUARY 2005

Philip Stephen / Tartan oil production platform operated by Texaco. March 2005.

Onne van der Wal / Rig maintenance, crew member checking the masthead.

Philip Stephen / Beryl Alpha Oil Production Platform, located in the UK sector of the North Sea, approximately 315 kilometres north-east of Aberdeen. August 2006.

Philip Stephen / The "Cormorant" oil platform, 70 miles NE of the Shetland Isles, Scotland. JUNE 2007.

Philip Stephen / Supply vessel "Caledonian service" alongside drilling rig "J.W.McLean", offloading supplies.

Philip Stephen / Scott oil production platform, operated by Amerada Hess.Pictured in March 2005.

Philip Stephen / Scott oil production platform, operated by Amerada Hess in the North Sea, March 2005.

Philip Stephen / Piper oil field with ships in foggy conditions, North Sea. March 2005.

Philip Stephen / Statfjord Bravo production platform, operated by Statoil, in the North Sea. October 2007.

Philip Stephen / Fisherman on a trawler, watching an oil rig flaring off gas at night in the North Sea. September 2006.

Philip Stephen / Brage oil platform to the east of the Viking Bank, in the North Sea. May 2007.