Boats taking tourists along canal, Tongli, Jiangsu, China, Asia

Expedition zodiacs, Axel Heiberg island, Nunavut, Canadian Arctic, Canada, North America

Men wearing baseball caps rowing a boat during the Water Festival in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Men rowing a boat in the Retreat of the Waters Festival in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Boat racing, Nan, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

White water rafting, Queenstown, South Island, New Zealand, Pacific

Dragon boat race, Shau Kei Wan, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong, China, Asia

Men launching an outrigger fishing boat from Sanur Beach on the island of Bali, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Maori warriors in war canoes during cultural display in New Zealand

Racers at the Water Festival, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Chilean naval supply vessel, Almirante Oscar Viel, delivers Summer team, Gonzalez Videla Station, Waterboat Point, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Dragon boat race, Shau Kei Wan, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong, China, Asia

Dragon boat race, Shau Kei Wan, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong, China, Asia

Boat racing, Nan, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Silhouette of rowing team practicing on still lake

White water rafting at the National White Water Centre on the River Tryweryn, near Bala, Wales

White water rafting at the National White Water Centre on the River Tryweryn, near Bala, Wales

White water rafting at the National White Water Centre on the River Tryweryn, near Bala, Wales

Sampo Icebreaker cruise, an authentic Finnish icebreaker turned into touristic attraction in Kemi, Lapland

White water rafting at the National White Water Centre on the River Tryweryn, near Bala, Wales

Sampo Icebreaker cruise, an authentic Finnish icebreaker turned into touristic attraction in Kemi, Lapland

Sampo Icebreaker cruise, an authentic Finnish icebreaker turned into touristic attraction in Kemi, Lapland

White water rafting at the National White Water Centre on the River Tryweryn, near Bala, Wales

White water rafting at the National White Water Centre on the River Tryweryn, near Bala, Wales

White water rafting at the National White Water Centre on the River Tryweryn, near Bala, Wales

Rowing boat with three rowers, sculling, Water Sports, Sport

Fishermen shifting boat onto the volcanic beach, Punta de Fuencaliente, La Palma, Canary Islands, Atlantic Ocean, Spain

DEU Germany Muelheim Dragon boat race on the river Ruhr

Sardine fishing boat "Jastreb, " based in Kali on Ugljan Island, at a fishing site off of Pag Island in the Adriatic, Croatia

|IND, India, Kerala, Trivandrum : Fishermen at the beach, Malabar coast, south of Trivandrum. Rowing a wooden fishing boat through the surf into the open water. |

Dragon boat with a great team in orange t-shirts at the dragon boat race on the Nam Ou River, Luang Prabang, Northern Laos, Laos, Southeast Asia

Canoe Polo players in action, 38th Kiel Week Canoe Polo Tournament, Kiel Week 2008, Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, Europe

DEU Germany Muelheim Dragon boat race on the river Ruhr

Fishermen pushing their fishing boat into the sea, Somatheeram Beach, Malabarian Coast, Malabar, Kerala state, India, Asia

DEU Germany Muelheim Dragon boat race on the river Ruhr

DEU Germany Muelheim Dragon boat race on the river Ruhr

Sardine fishing boat "Jastreb, " based in Kali on Ugljan Island, en route to a fishing site off of Pag Island in the Adriatic, Croatia

Water sports, double-coxed fours, young rowers in action

Fishermen pushing their fishing boat into the sea, Somatheeram Beach, Malabarian Coast, Malabar, Kerala state, India, Asia

Special police unit operational rehearsal, accessing a passenger ship on the Rhine River, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Fishermen pushing their fishing boat into the sea, Somatheeram Beach, Malabarian Coast, Malabar, Kerala state, India, Asia

Aerial view of rowing team practicing on the river, Potomac River, Georgetown University, USA

Members of the Saugatuck Rowing Club in Westport, Connecticut show how they can coordinate their rowing efforts to drive their scull upriver on a sunny June morning. The coxswain seated in the stern of the boat helps the team time their oar strokes and gives them words of encouragement.

Tim Burnett and Leslie Barber resting on a flat santstone table while watching friends rock climbing on a sandstone cliff high above Lake Powell, Utah. Burnett and Barber were on a houseboat climbing expedition. The team of climbers used the houseboat as a base camp and a small speed boat to explore the many great sandstone cliffs that surround the lake.

Onboard the IMOCA Open 60 Macif crewed by Francois Gabart and Michel Desjoyeaux during a training session before the Transat Jacques Vabre in the English Channel from Plymouth to Port la Foret after she won on her class the Rolex Fastnet Race.

The IMOCA Open 60 PRB crewed by Vincent Riou and Jean Le Cam racing and winning the around the Isle of Wight Artemis Challenge, Cowes, England.

Onboard the IMOCA Open 60 Macif crewed by Francois Gabart and Michel Desjoyeaux during a training session before the Transat Jacques Vabre in the English Channel from Plymouth to Port la Foret after she won on her class the Rolex Fastnet Race.

Onboard the IMOCA Open 60 Macif crewed by Francois Gabart and Michel Desjoyeaux during a training session before the Transat Jacques Vabre in the English Channel from Plymouth to Port la Foret after she won on her class the Rolex Fastnet Race.

Onboard the IMOCA Open 60 Macif crewed by Francois Gabart and Michel Desjoyeaux during a training session before the Transat Jacques Vabre in the English Channel from Plymouth to Port la Foret after she won on her class the Rolex Fastnet Race.

Onboard the IMOCA Open 60 Macif crewed by Francois Gabart and Michel Desjoyeaux during a training session before the Transat Jacques Vabre in the English Channel from Plymouth to Port la Foret after she won on her class the Rolex Fastnet Race.

Onboard the IMOCA Open 60 Macif crewed by Francois Gabart and Michel Desjoyeaux during a training session before the Transat Jacques Vabre in the English Channel from Plymouth to Port la Foret after she won on her class the Rolex Fastnet Race.

The Maxi Trimaran Solo Banque Populaire VII (FRA), the 103 feet trimaran skippered by Armel Le Cléac?h in front of the Mucem (Museum for Europe and the Mediterranean), Marseille, France.

Onboard the IMOCA Open 60 Macif crewed by Francois Gabart and Michel Desjoyeaux during a training session before the Transat Jacques Vabre in the English Channel from Plymouth to Port la Foret after she won on her class the Rolex Fastnet Race.

Onboard the IMOCA Open 60 Macif crewed by Francois Gabart and Michel Desjoyeaux during a training session before the Transat Jacques Vabre in the English Channel from Plymouth to Port la Foret after she won on her class the Rolex Fastnet Race.

Onboard the IMOCA Open 60 Macif crewed by Francois Gabart and Michel Desjoyeaux during a training session before the Transat Jacques Vabre in the English Channel from Plymouth to Port la Foret after she won on her class the Rolex Fastnet Race.

Onboard the IMOCA Open 60 Macif crewed by Francois Gabart and Michel Desjoyeaux during a training session before the Transat Jacques Vabre in the English Channel from Plymouth to Port la Foret after she won on her class the Rolex Fastnet Race.

Onboard the IMOCA Open 60 Macif crewed by Francois Gabart and Michel Desjoyeaux during a training session before the Transat Jacques Vabre in the English Channel from Plymouth to Port la Foret after she won on her class the Rolex Fastnet Race.

Rafters make their way through Class IV rapids outside of Queenstown on the South Island of New Zealand.

The Fishing Port of Keroman one of the largest fishing ports in France, This port is ready for all types of fishing all year round. Lorient, Keroman, Submarine Base, Brittany, France.

Members of the men's crew team at Hobart College carry their 8 man shell above their heads toward the water at the Hobart Crew Ragata, in Geneva, New York.

A mother and son taking a ride in a paddle boat on a lake, holding hands and talking together, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

A mother and father take their three sons paddle boating on a lake in a city park, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Hanlan Boat Club Junior men at morning practice in Lake Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Hanlan Boat Club Junior men at morning practice in Lake Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Tara Oceans Expeditions - May 2011. Tara with deployed plancton nets. On "station", the boat is drifting without engine or sails. Tara Oceans, a unique expedition: Tara Oceans is the very first attempt to make a global study of marine plankton, a form of sea life that includes organisms as small as viruses and bacterias, and as big as medusas. Our goal is to better understand planktonic ecosystems by exploring the countless species, learning about interactions among them and with their environment. Marine plankton is the only ecosystem that is almost continuous over the surface of the Earth. Studying plankton is like taking the pulse of our planet. Recently, scientists have discovered the great importance of plankton for the climate: populations of plankton are affected very rapidly by variations in climate. But in turn they can influence the climate by modifying the absorption of carbon. In a context of rapid physico-chemical changes, for example the acidification observed today in the world's oceans, it is urgent to understand and predict the evolution of these particular ecosystems. Finally, plankton is an astonishing way of going back in time ? a prime source of fossils. Over the eons, plankton has created several hundred meters of sediment on the ocean floors. This allows us to go back in time, to the first oceans on Earth, and better understand the history of our biosphere. More than 12 fields of research are involved in the project, which will bring together an international team of oceanographers, ecologists, biologists, geneticists, and physicists from prestigious laboratories headed by Eric Karsenti of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory. Galapagos