Franco Banfi / Front view of a transatlantic cruise ship docked in Dominica, Caribbean. All non-editorial uses must be cleared individually.

Claudio Contreras / Boat on canal between chinampas, a wetland agricultural system. Xochimilco wetlands, Mexico City, September

Denis-Huot / Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) playing in the waves of an oil tanker, Port Aransas, Texas, USA

Denis-Huot / Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) playing in the waves of an oil tanker, Port Aransas, Texas, USA

Benoit Stichelbaut / Skipper Armel le Cleac'h at work on the bow of IMOCA 60 'Banque Populaire' in heavy seas ahead of the Vendee Globe, Lorient, France, September 2012. All non-editiorial uses must be cleared individuall...

Pedro Narra / Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) leaping in front of a cargo ship, Sado Estuary, Portugal, September

Kathryn Jeffs / Camera lens view of the 'Golden Fleece' in the centre of a horseshoe shaped iceberg off the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, February 2009, Taken on location for BBC Frozen Planet series

Juergen Freund / Kite fisherman using a kite and fishing line. Skipjack tuna are a common catch. Sulawesi, Indonesia, November 2009.

Juergen Freund / Kite fisherman using a kite and fishing line. Skipjack tuna are a common catch. Sulawesi, Indonesia, November 2009.

Billy Black / J-Class yachts "Velsheda" and "Ranger" racing in the J Class Regatta, Newport, Rhode Island, USA, June 2011. All non-editorial uses must be cleared individually.

Philip Stephen / Fishing vessel "Harvester" working on the North Sea, Europe, March 2011. Property released.

Philip Stephen / Fishing vessel "Harvester" powering through huge waves while operating in the North Sea. Europe, January 2009. Property released.

Tim Laman / Men spearfishing at night from the bows of canoes in Mayalibit Bay. Waigeo Island, West Papua, Indonesia, April 2007

Petra Wegner / Portrait of a mixed breed dog with bow in her hair, and a toy rope in her mouth.

Onne van der Wal / Sailing-boat during the Bahamian Sloop regatta, Georgetown, Exumas, Bahamas. April 2009.

Onne van der Wal / Bow of a classic yacht at the Panerai Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta, Caribbean, April 2010.

Onne van der Wal / Ketch "Rebecca" sailing at the Panerai Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta, Caribbean, April 2010.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Tourists on icebreaker "Professor Multanovskiy" watching Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) in pack ice. Svalbard, Norway, 2004.

Jerry Monkman / A kayak at dawn on Lake Winnipesauke in Meredith, New Hampshire, USA. October 2008

Onne van der Wal / Crew lowering spinnaker on J-Class yacht "Ranger", Newport Bucket Regatta, July 2009, Rhode Island, USA.

Onne van der Wal / Crew lowering spinnaker on J-Class yacht "Ranger", Newport Bucket Regatta, July 2009, Rhode Island, USA.

Onne van der Wal / Miami Acura Grand Prix, Key West, Florida. 2009.

Rick Tomlinson / "Team Russia" bowman Michael Joubert during in-port race training in Alicante, Spain, for the 10th Volvo Ocean Race 2008-2009. For EDITORIAL USE only.

Rick Tomlinson / Aerial view, taken from the mast, of SY "Adele"'s bow in the bay of an iceberg, Portal Point, Reclus Pennisula, Antarctica, January 2007 Non editorial uses must be cleared individually.

Kristel Richard / Woman riding side-saddle in medieval costume, firing arrow from a horse bow, Chateau du Plessis-Bourre, Loire Valley, France. 2021

Claudio Contreras / Caribbean flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) courtship display, Ria Celestun Biosphere Reserve, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, January. Bookplate.

Konrad Wothe / Superb bird-of-paradise (Lophorina superba) male displaying. Papua New Guinea.

Ashley Cooper / Peaks on the side of Lemaire Channel between Booth Island and Kiev Peninsula, view above from bow of expedition cruise ship. Antarctica. December 2019.

Fred Olivier / Looking down the bow of a ship to ice below, Antarctica March 2015

Franco Banfi / Bow of a large tanker vessel, Mirissa, Sri Lanka, Indian Ocean

Bernard Castelein / Pied crow (Corvus albus) portrait. Kololi, Gambia.

Andy Rouse / Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris) cub. Ranthambhore National Park, India.

Stefan Christmann / Adelie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae), pair in courtship. Atka Bay, Antarctica. February.

Pedro Narra / Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) porpoising in front of the bow, Sado Estuary, Portugal. August

Sue Flood / Wide angle shot of bow of Russian icebreaker Kapitan Khlebnikov in sea ice, Cape Washington, Ross Sea, Antarctica.

Terry Whittaker / Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) porpoising in front of boat, Moray Firth, Highlands, Scotland. July.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Person silhouetted on bow of boat at sunset, fishing village of Cacheu, Guinea Bissau, February 2015.

Daniel Heuclin / Mentawai hunter with bow and arrow, Siberut, Sumatra, July 2015

Daniel Heuclin / Mentawai hunter with bow and arrow, Siberut, Sumatra, July 2015

Daniel Heuclin / Mentawai hunter with bow and arrow, Siberut, Sumatra, July 2015

Daniel Heuclin / Mentawai hunter with bow and arrow, Siberut, Sumatra, July 2015

Daniel Heuclin / Mentawai hunter with bow and arrow, Siberut, Sumatra, July 2015

Pal Hermansen / Broken one year ice off the coast of Ellesmere Island, seen from prow of boat, Nunavut, Canada, August 2007.

Pete Oxford / Adi Gallong man with bow and arrow. Adi Gallong Tribe. Arunachal Pradesh, North East India, October 2014.

Pete Oxford / Adi Gallong man with bow and arrow. Adi Gallong Tribe. Arunachal Pradesh, North East India, October 2014.

Pete Oxford / Adi Gallong women carrying wood, Adi Gallong Tribe, Arunachal Pradesh, North East India, November 2014.

Cyril Ruoso / Men paid to guard field from African elephants (Loxodonta africana) and scare them off with bows, slingshots and drums. Due to over population of elephants in this region many are being translocated t...

Roger Powell / Collared pratincole (Glareola pratincola) adopting 'invite pose' to entice a passing female to land. Baragem do Caia, Santa eulalia, Elvas, Portugal, May.