Ben Osborne / Film crew film on location in South Georgia for BBC television series Life in the Freezer ,1992. Alastair Fothergill producer (left) and presenter Sir David Attenborough

Ben Osborne / African elephants (Loxodonta africana) bulls crowd into an emptying waterhole to drink, Savuti, Botswana. Taken on location for BBC Planet Earth series, 2005

Ben Osborne / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) splashes mud with his foot. Savuti, Northern Botswana. Taken on location for BBC Planet Earth series, 2005

Ben Osborne / Aerial view of African elephants (Loxodonta africana) find shade under trees to avoid midday sun, during a drought. Northern Botswana. Taken on location for BBC Planet Earth series, October 2005

Ben Osborne / Aerial view of African elephants (Loxodonta africana)moving through wetland in the Okavango delta, Northern Botswana, taken on location for BBC Planet Earth series, October 2005

Ben Osborne / Black browed albatross flying over crashing waves {Thalassarche melanophrys} Falklands Is

Ben Osborne / Piebald / Commersons dolphin surfing {Cephalorhynchus commersonii} Falkland Is

Ben Osborne / Dolphin gulls courtship display {Leucophaeus scoresbii} Falkland Is

Ben Osborne / Olive ridley turtle returns to sea at dawn. Costa Rica {Lepidochelys olivacea}

Ben Osborne / Olive ridley turtle emerging from sea at dusk. Costa Rica {Lepidochelys olivacea}

Ben Osborne / Saltwater crocodile returning to sea {Crocodylus porosus} Crab Is, Queensland, Australia Cape

Ben Osborne / Imprint of Saltwater crocodile on sand {Crocodylus porosus} Queensland, Australia

Ben Osborne / Flat backed turtle {Chelonia depressa} digging nest on beach, Crab Is, QLD, Australia Cape

Ben Osborne / Camerman Mike Richards films King penguins watched by elephant seal, South Georgia. On location for 'Life in the Freezer' 1992

Ben Osborne / Ian McCarthy in Antarctica filming Blue-eyed cormorants for BBC television series 'Life in the Freezer'

Ben Osborne / African lion (Panthera leo) male portrait, Savuti, Botswana. Taken on location for BBC Planet Earth series, 2005

Ben Osborne / Aerial view of African elephant family (Loxodonta africana) travelling through parched landscape during drought conditions, Northern Botswana. Taken on location for BBC Planet Earth series, October 20...

Ben Osborne / A young male African lion (Panthera leo) grooms a lioness, Savuti, Botswana. Taken on location for BBC Planet Earth series 2005

Ben Osborne / A young African lioness (Panthera leo) grooms a young male lion, Savuti, Botswana. Taken on location for BBC Planet Earth series 2005

Ben Osborne / A young African lioness (Panthera leo) grooms a young male lion, Savuti, Botswana. Taken on location for BBC Planet Earth series 2005

Ben Osborne / A young male African lion (Panthera leo) grooms a lioness, Savuti, Botswana. Taken on location for BBC Planet Earth series 2005

Ben Osborne / African lion (Panthera leo) pride of lions eats an Eland carcass under shrub for shade, Botswana, taken on location for BBC Planet Earth series, 2005

Ben Osborne / African lioness (Panthera leo) walks through dry savannah habitat, Botswana, taken on location for BBC Planet Earth, 2005

Ben Osborne / African lioness (Panthera leo) sits with juvenile, Botswana, taken on location for BBC Planet Earth series, 2005

Ben Osborne / African lioness (Panthera leo) carries a small freshly killed prey animal, Botswana. Taken on location for BBC Planet Earth series, 2005

Ben Osborne / African lion (Panthera leo) lionesses trying to bring down a young African elephant (Loxodonta africana) Savuti, Botswana. Taken on location for BBC Planet Earth series, 2005 sequence 4/4

Ben Osborne / African lion (Panthera leo) lionesses trying to bring down a young African elephant (Loxodonta africana) Savuti, Botswana. Taken on location for BBC Planet Earth series, 2005 sequence 3/4

Ben Osborne / African lion (Panthera leo) lionesses hunting young African elephant (Loxodonta africana) Savuti, Botswana. Taken on location for BBC Planet Earth series, 2005 sequence 2/4

Ben Osborne / African lion (Panthera leo) lionesses hunting young African elephant (Loxodonta africana) Savuti, Botswana. Taken on location for BBC Planet Earth series, 2005 sequence 1/4

Ben Osborne / African lions (Panthera leo) cross a dirt track in front of a Landrover, Savuti, Northern Botswana. Taken on location for BBC Planet Earth series, 2005

Ben Osborne / African lion (Panthera leo) male portrait, Savuti, Botswana. Taken on location for BBC Planet Earth series, 2005

Ben Osborne / African lion (Panthera leo) big male lion walking portrait, Savuti, Botswana. Taken on location for BBC Planet Earth series, 2005

Ben Osborne / African lions (Panthera leo) large pride rests in the late afternoon prior to heading out for a night hunt, Savuti, Northern Botswana. Taken on location for BBC Planet Earth series, 2005

Ben Osborne / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) bull portrait, Botswana, taken on location for BBC Planet Earth series, 2005

Ben Osborne / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) head portrait of bull, Botswana, taken on location for BBC Planet Eaeth series, 2005

Ben Osborne / African elephants (Loxodonta africana) two touching trunks at a waterhole in northern Botswana, taken on location for BBC Planet Earth series, 2005

Ben Osborne / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) drinking at a waterhole in northern Botswana, taken on location for BBC Planet Earth series, 2005

Ben Osborne / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) bull with trunk in mouth, after drinking, Savuti, Botswana. Taken on location for BBC Planet Earth series, 2005

Ben Osborne / African lion (Panthera leo) young male lion plays with a cub - possibly to assert dominance. Savuti, Botswana. Taken on location for BBC Planet Earth series, 2005

Ben Osborne / African lions (Panthera leo) drinking at waterhole in northern Botswana. Taken on location for BBC Planet Earth series, 2005

Ben Osborne / African lion (Panthera leo) pride feeding on African elephant (Loxodonta africana) that they have just killed at night, Savuti, northern Botswana. Taken on location for BBC Planet Earth series, 2005

Ben Osborne / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) bull splashes muddy water at a waterhole in Savuti, Northern Botswana. Taken on location for BBC Planet Earth series, 2005

Ben Osborne / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) bull splashes muddy water at a waterhole in Savuti, Northern Botswana. Taken on location for BBC Planet Earth series, 2005

Ben Osborne / Aerial view of African elephants (Loxodonta africana) migrating across parched landscape in their search for food and water during a drought. Linyanti, Northern Botswana. Taken on location for BBC...

Ben Osborne / Aerial view of African elephants (Loxodonta africana) migrating across parched landscape in their search for food and water during a drought. Northern Botswana. Taken on location for BBC Planet Earth...

Ben Osborne / Aerial view of African elephants (Loxodonta africana) migrating through woodland in their search for food and water during a drought. Northern Botswana. Taken on location for BBC Planet Earth series,...

Ben Osborne / Aerial view of African elephants (Loxodonta africana) migrating through woodland in their search for food and water during a drought. Northern Botswana. Taken on location for BBC Planet Earth series,...

Ben Osborne / Aerial view of African elephants (Loxodonta africana) migrating through woodland in their search for food and water during a drought. Northern Botswana. Taken on location for BBC Planet Earth series,...