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Views of the Catholic church at the Chilean research base Presidente Eduardo Frei Montalva, Antarctica, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions
Antarctic tern (Sterna vittata), on the wreck of the Guvernoren in the Enterprise Islands, Antarctica, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions
Antarctic tern (Sterna vittata), on the wreck of the Guvernoren in the Enterprise Islands, Antarctica, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions
Views of the wreck of the Guvernoren, a 20th century whale processing ship, in the Enterprise Islands, Antarctica, Polar Regions
View of calm seas and reflected mountains surrounding Paradise Bay on the western side of the Antarctic Peninsula, Polar Regions
Icebergs near the Antarctic Peninsula during the summer months, Antarctica, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions
An adult red-footed booby (Sula sula), in its white color morph plumage in flight over the ocean in Palau, Micronesia, Pacific
View of tidewater glacier cave found deep inside Neko Harbor on the western side of the Antarctic Peninsula, Polar Regions
Expedition ship The Bremen operating from Ushuaia, Argentina to the Antarctic Peninsula in Antarctica, Polar Regions
Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) surfacing near Zodiac near the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, Southern Ocean
Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) spy-hopping near Zodiac near the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, Southern Ocean
Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) surfacing near Zodiac near the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, Southern Ocean
Giant frogfish (Antennarius commersoni) and diver. Cannibal Rock, Horseshoe Bay, Rinca Island, near Komodo, Indonesia.
Freediver and WWII plane wreck. Yap, Federated States of Micronesia, Pacific Ocean. More info: This is the tail of a Japanese bomber shot down over Yap during the summer of 1944 by U.S. planes.
Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) surfacing near Zodiac near the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, Southern Ocean
Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) surfacing near Zodiac near the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, Southern Ocean
Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) spy-hopping near Zodiac near the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, Southern Ocean
Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) surfacing near Zodiac near the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, Southern Ocean
Adult humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) surfacing near the Lindblad Expedition ship National Geographic Explorer near the Antarctic Peninsula
Guests from the Lindblad Expedition ship National Geographic Endeavour kayaking with Adelie penguins on icebergs in and around the Antarctic Peninsula
Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) surfacing near Zodiac near the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, Southern Ocean
Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) spy-hopping near Zodiac near the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, Southern Ocean
Adult humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) surfacing near the Lindblad Expedition ship National Geographic Explorer near the Antarctic Peninsula
The expedition travel ship National Geographic Endeavour and Zodiac working near Spitsbergen in the Barents Sea, Norway.
Adult humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) surfacing near the Lindblad Expedition ship National Geographic Explorer near the Antarctic Peninsula
Adult humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) surfacing near the Lindblad Expedition ship National Geographic Explorer near the Antarctic Peninsula
The expedition travel ship National Geographic Endeavour working around the island of Spitsbergen in the Barents Sea, Norway.
Adult humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) surfacing near the Lindblad Expedition ship National Geographic Explorer near the Antarctic Peninsula
Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) surfacing near Zodiac near the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, Southern Ocean
A photographer on the bow of the expedition travel ship National Geographic Endeavour photographing the ice leads in the Barents Sea, Norway.
German research icebreaker Polarstern, operated by the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Isfjorden, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, Europe
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
Tara Oceans Expeditions - May 2011. diving Marine Iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus); Isabela Island; Galapagos, Ecuador; The Marine Iguana appears slow and clumsy on land, but this particular species of lizard is the only sea-going lizard in the world. However, it has to return the the land to breed.