David Shale / Female Anglerfish fanfin seadevil (Caulophryne jordani) - Deep sea species from Atlantic Ocean, found at 700-3000m.

David Shale / Deep sea Anglerfish {Himantolophus sp} female with lure projecting from head to attract prey, Atlantic ocean. Anglerfish have small poorly developed eyes but detect movement and prey through a well de...

David Shale / Deep sea Anglerfish {Melanocoetus sp} female with lure projecting from head to attract prey. Atlantic ocean

Doug Allan / Emperor penguin leaps out of sea onto ice {Aptenodytes forsteri} Antarctica 2004

Martha Holmes / Bluefin tuna {Thunnus thynnus} Kushimoto Tuna Farm Japan. Bluefin tuna can swim at speeds of 50mph - they would win a silver swimming medal in an animal olympics competition.

Martha Holmes / BBC field camp at Cape Washington Antarctica (for filming Blue Planet)

Jordi Chias / Bryde's whale (Balaenoptera edeni) and Common dolphins (Delphinus delphis) chasing small fish offshore. Santa Maria Island, Azores, Atlantic Ocean. Third Place in the Underwater Category of the Por El...

Dong Lei / Kawakarpo Mountain, view to summit with drifts of snow and the moon setting, Meri Snow Mountain National Park, Yunnan Province, China. May 2010.

Barrie Britton / King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) colony, with mountains reflected in the ocean, St Andrew's Bay, South Georgia. Photograph taken on location for the BBC Frozen Planet series, October 2009.

Barrie Britton / Conifer tree bent under the weight of snow, Kuntivaara, Finland. Photograph taken on location for BBC Frozen Planet series, March 2010

Chadden Hunter / Brinicles (brine icicles or ice stalactites) forming under the ice, growing towards the sea floor, Ross Sea, McMurdo Sound, Antarctica. Taken on location for 'Winter' episode of the BBC Frozen Planet...

Kathryn Jeffs / Cliff at edge of tabular iceberg, Antarctica, February 2009, Taken on location for BBC Frozen Planet series

Kathryn Jeffs / Iceberg off the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, February 2009, Taken on location for BBC Frozen Planet series

Kathryn Jeffs / Icebergs off the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, February 2009, Taken on location for BBC Frozen Planet series

Kathryn Jeffs / The 'Golden Fleece' (base ship for BBC film crew) passing up the coast of the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, January 2009, Taken on location for BBC Frozen Planet series

Chadden Hunter / Husky dog (Canis familiaris) Northern Canada, taken on location for BBC Frozen Planet series, 2009

Jeff Wilson / Pyramid of sea ice catching the first rays of the returning sun in the high Arctic, Svalbard, Spitsbergen, Norway, February 2009. Taken on location for the BBC series, Frozen Planet.

Jeff Wilson / Pyramid of sea ice catching the first rays of the returning sun in the high Arctic, Svalbard, Spitsbergen, Norway, February 2009. Taken on location for the BBC series, Frozen Planet.

Jeff Wilson / Pyramid of sea ice catching the first rays of the returning sun in the high Arctic, Svalbard, Spitsbergen, Norway, February 2009. Taken on location for the BBC series, Frozen Planet.

Chadden Hunter / Dallol hot springs where water heated by magma laden with potassium, sulphur and iron spews up through salt pans staining the salt deposits with vivid colours, in the bottom of the Rift Valley, 120 me...

Georgette Douwma / Shoal of Bohar / Twinspot snapper {Lutjanus bohar} Ras Mohammed, Red Sea, Egypt

Sue Flood / Scenic over coral reef, Kingdom of Tonga, South Pacific. 2005

Sue Flood / Humpback whale mother pushing her calf up to the surface (Megaptera novaeangliae), Kingdom of Tonga, South Pacific. 2005

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

Doug Allan / Emperor penguins diving underwater {Aptenodytes forsteri} Antarctica

Doug Allan / Beluga / White whale and calf {Delphinapterus leucas} swimming at surface, Canadian arctic, summer

Doug Allan / Inuit hunter cuts up dead Narwhal {Monodon monoceros} Arctic Bay, Canadian Arctic

Doug Allan / Leopard seal under ice {Hydrurga leptonyx} Antarctica

Doug Allan / Hooded seal male display {Cystophora cristata} St Lawrence gulf, Canada. Freeze Frame book plate page 187.

Doug Allan / Two-week-old Emperor penguin chick sits on parent's feet under brood pouch for warmth {Aptenodytes forsteri} Antarctica

Doug Allan / Beluga whale males {Delphinapterus leucas} Somerset Is, Canadian arctic

Doug Allan / Emperor penguin {Aptenodytes forsteri} wounded in attack by Leopard seal, Antarctica

Sue Flood / Cameraman Doug Allan films Beluga whales surfacing to breathe at ice hole {Delphinapterus leucas} Canadian arctic. On location for Blue Planet, 1999

Martha Holmes / Emperor penguin flying out of water {Aptenodytes forsteri} Cape Washington, Antarctica.

Sue Flood / Beluga whales trapped at ice hole {Delphinapterus leucas} too far away to reach open sea, Canadian High Arctic. June 1999

Sue Flood / Beluga whales caught in ice hole wounded from Polar bear attack. Canadian high arctic. June 1999

Doug Allan / Emperor penguins diving {Aptenodytes forsteri} Antarctica

Doug Allan / Emperor penguins diving {Aptenodytes forsteri} Antarctica. Emperor penguins are the bird diving champions and can acheive a depth of 500m. Humans can only descend 150m before the water pressure collap...

David Shale / Deep sea Anglerfish male. Male is ten times smaller than female and has well developed olfactory system to help locate females in the darkness, Atlantic ocean

David Shale / Fangtooth deep sea fish, Atlantic ocean

Georgette Douwma / Emperor angelfish at coral reef {Pomacanthus imperator} Andaman sea, Thailand

David Shale / Spookfish {Dolichopteryx rostrata} - deepsea species occurring in the twilight zone. Off Cape Verde Iles, Atlantic. (Dolichopteryx rostrata Fukui & Kitigawa, 2006)

David Shale / Female Anglerfish fanfin seadevil (Caulophryne jordani) - Deep sea species from Atlantic Ocean, found at 700-3000m.

Doug Allan / Pacific white sided dolphin, USA off California

Georgette Douwma / Coral reef scenery shallow reef with wave and {Anthias} fish Red Sea Egypt BLUE_PLANET

John Cancalosi / Gilded flicker (Colaptes chrysoides) feeding on Saguaro cactus (Carnegiea gigantea) blossom nectar and exotic House sparrow (Passer domesticus) by nest; the most widely distributed wild bird on the pl...