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Young Himba woman standing outside her traditional mud-covered dwelling in a Himba village in the Kunene Region (formerly Kaokoland) in the far north of Namibia

Bison (Bison bison) bull covered with frost in the winter, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, United States of America, North America

Bison (Bison bison) covered with snow in the winter, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, United States of America, North America

Bull Elk with velvet covered antlers in Jasper National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Alberta, Canada, North America

Bison (Bison bison) bull covered with snow in the winter, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, United States of America, North America

Bull Elk with velvet covered antlers in Jasper National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Alberta, Canada, North America

Bison (Bison bison) bull covered with frost in the winter, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, United States of America, North America

Mundari woman in a traditional dress with face covered in ash posing on a rock, Mundari tribe, South Sudan, Africa

Men dancing to drumbeat as bronze deity covered with puja mala (garlands) being carried along the street, Tranquebar, Tamil Nadu, India, Asia

Cape buffalo (African buffalo) (Syncerus caffer) covered with white mud, Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania, East Africa, Africa

Cape buffalo (Syncerus caffer) with dried mud, Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya, East Africa, Africa

A woman from the Kathmandu valley in Nepal wearing nose jewels in the traditional way. Her head is covered with a tartan shawl.

Aerial views of snow-capped mountains, ice fields, and glaciers on a commercial flight from Juneau to Anchorage Alaska, USA, Pacific Ocean

Aerial views of snow-capped mountains, ice fields, and glaciers on a commercial flight from Juneau to Anchorage Alaska, USA, Pacific Ocean

Adult emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) on sea ice near Snow Hill Island in the Weddell Sea, Antarctica.

Aerial views of snow-capped mountains, ice fields, and glaciers on a commercial flight from Juneau to Anchorage Alaska, USA, Pacific Ocean

A very rare sighting of an adult blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus) fluke-up dive off the northwestern side of Spitsbergen Island in the Svalbard Archipelago, Barents Sea, Norway

Adult emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) on sea ice near Snow Hill Island in the Weddell Sea, Antarctica.

Snow covering the ash and mud slides at Whalers Bay inside of the caldera at Deception Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, Southern Ocean

Sand covered Galapagos sea lion (Zalophus wollebaeki) pup in Gardner Bay on Espanola Island in the Galapagos Island roup, Ecuador. Pacific Ocean.

Vernadsky Research Base (Akademik Vernadsky), Ukrainian Antarctic Station at Marina Point on Galindez Island in the Argentine Islands, Antarctica

A very rare sighting of an adult blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus) fluke-up dive off the northwestern side of Spitsbergen Island in the Svalbard Archipelago, Barents Sea, Norway

Self-portrait with aurora borealis (Northern (Polar) Lights) over the boreal forest outside Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada

Guests from the Lindblad Expedition ship National Geographic Explorer slide down snow-covered hill in Orne Harbor, Antarctica

Aerial views of snow-capped mountains, ice fields, and glaciers on a commercial flight from Juneau to Anchorage Alaska, USA, Pacific Ocean

A very rare sighting of an adult blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus) fluke-up dive off the northwestern side of Spitsbergen Island in the Svalbard Archipelago, Barents Sea, Norway

In cramped conditions at the Chatuchak Market, Bangkok, a Thai trader is searching through many pairs of 2nd hand trainers, some of which take pride of place covering the walls of his stall. Bangkok, Thailand

Whalebone Alley grand vista, high altitude flora, Itygran Island (Bering Sea) Russia, Asia. MORE INFO: Whale Bone Alley was discovered by Soviet archaeologists in 1976, but has remained untouched since and little is known of this place. There is a long double line of bowhead whale bones -- jaws and ribs -- running parallel along the shore for hundreds of yards. Many of the bones, especially the enormous jaw bones, are still standing, propped up by lichen-covered rocks. The location is thought to have been used in about 1300 as a ceremonial site, for a men's secret society or feasting site.

Whalebone Alley, female tourist standing between bow head whale rib bones, Itygran Island (Bering Sea) Russia, Asia. MORE INFO: Whale Bone Alley was discovered by Soviet archaeologists in 1976, but has remained untouched since and little is known of this place. There is a long double line of bowhead whale bones -- jaws and ribs -- running parallel along the shore for hundreds of yards. Many of the bones, especially the enormous jaw bones, are still standing, propped up by lichen-covered rocks. The location is thought to have been used in about 1300 as a ceremonial site, for a men's secret society or feasting site.

Whalebone Alley, female tourist standing around still intact extremly old inuit elder grave, skeleton still present. Itygran Island (Bering Sea) Russia, Asia. MORE INFO: Whale Bone Alley was discovered by Soviet archaeologists in 1976, but has remained untouched since and little is known of this place. There is a long double line of bowhead whale bones -- jaws and ribs -- running parallel along the shore for hundreds of yards. Many of the bones, especially the enormous jaw bones, are still standing, propped up by lichen-covered rocks. The location is thought to have been used in about 1300 as a ceremonial site, for a men's secret society or feasting site.

Whalebone Alley, Bowhead whale bone, Itygran Island (Bering Sea) Russia, Asia. MORE INFO: Whale Bone Alley was discovered by Soviet archaeologists in 1976, but has remained untouched since and little is known of this place. There is a long double line of bowhead whale bones -- jaws and ribs -- running parallel along the shore for hundreds of yards. Many of the bones, especially the enormous jaw bones, are still standing, propped up by lichen-covered rocks. The location is thought to have been used in about 1300 as a ceremonial site, for a men's secret society or feasting site.

Aerial views of snow-capped mountains, ice fields, and glaciers on a charter flight from Santiago, Chile to Ushuaia, Argentina

Aerial views of snow-capped mountains, ice fields, and glaciers on a commercial flight from Juneau to Anchorage Alaska, USA, Pacific Ocean

Aurora Borealis (Northern (Polar) Lights) over the boreal forest outside Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada

Adult emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) on sea ice near Snow Hill Island in the Weddell Sea, Antarctica.

A very rare sighting of an adult blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus) fluke-up dive off the northwestern side of Spitsbergen Island in the Svalbard Archipelago, Barents Sea, Norway

Aerial views of snow-capped mountains, ice fields, and glaciers on a charter flight from Santiago, Chile to Ushuaia, Argentina

Aurora Borealis (Northern (Polar) Lights) over the boreal forest outside Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada

Adult emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) on sea ice near Snow Hill Island in the Weddell Sea, Antarctica.

Adult emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) with admirer on sea ice near Snow Hill Island in the Weddell Sea, Antarctica.

Aerial views of snow-capped mountains, ice fields, and glaciers on a commercial flight from Juneau to Anchorage Alaska, USA, Pacific Ocean

Aerial views of snow-capped mountains, ice fields, and glaciers on a commercial flight from Juneau to Anchorage Alaska, USA, Pacific Ocean

A very rare sighting of an adult blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus) surfacing off the northwestern side of Spitsbergen Island in the Svalbard Archipelago, Barents Sea, Norway

Guests from the Lindblad Expedition ship National Geographic Explorer climb steep snow trail at Orne Harbor, Antarctica

Aerial views of snow-capped mountains, ice fields, and glaciers on a charter flight from Santiago, Chile to Ushuaia, Argentina

Adult arctic tern (Sterna paradisaea) defending a nest site from encroaching human on Spitsbergen Island in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway

Aerial views of snow-capped mountains, ice fields, and glaciers on a charter flight from Santiago, Chile to Ushuaia, Argentina

A stranded Svalbard reindeer fawn (Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus) on ice floe at Monaco Glacier in Wood Fjord on Spitsbergen Island, Svalbard Archipelago, Norway

Adult emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) on sea ice near Snow Hill Island in the Weddell Sea, Antarctica.

Snow-covered whale bones on Jougla Point, in Port Lockroy at the western end of Wiencke Island, Antarctica, Southern Ocean

Aerial views of snow-capped mountains, ice fields, and glaciers on a charter flight from Santiago, Chile to Ushuaia, Argentina

Adult emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) on sea ice near Snow Hill Island in the Weddell Sea, Antarctica.

Aerial views of snow-capped mountains, ice fields, and glaciers on a commercial flight from Juneau to Anchorage Alaska, USA, Pacific Ocean

Svalbard reindeer (Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus) on the tundra in Habenichtbutka, Edge Island in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway

Adult emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) on sea ice near Snow Hill Island in the Weddell Sea, Antarctica.

Adult emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) on sea ice near Snow Hill Island in the Weddell Sea, Antarctica.

Adult emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) on sea ice near Snow Hill Island in the Weddell Sea, Antarctica.

Aerial views of snow-capped mountains, ice fields, and glaciers on a commercial flight from Juneau to Anchorage Alaska, USA, Pacific Ocean

A very rare sighting of an adult blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus) surfacing off the northwestern side of Spitsbergen Island in the Svalbard Archipelago, Barents Sea, Norway

Adult arctic tern (Sterna paradisaea) defending a nest site from encroaching human on Spitsbergen Island in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway

Adult emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) on sea ice near Snow Hill Island in the Weddell Sea, Antarctica.

Svalbard reindeer (Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus) on the tundra in Habenichtbutka, Edge Island in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway

Mother and calf humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) surfacing off the continental shelf west of Spitsbergen in the Barents Sea, Norway

Manta birostris and remora. Remora covered in small parasites, possibly offspring of adult remora. Ecuador

A very rare sighting of an adult blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus) fluke-up dive off the northwestern side of Spitsbergen Island in the Svalbard Archipelago, Barents Sea, Norway

Adult emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) on sea ice near Snow Hill Island in the Weddell Sea, Antarctica.

The Lindblad Expeditions ship National Geographic Explorer pushes through ice in Crystal Sound, south of the Antarctic Circle, Antarctica, Southern Ocean

Natural history staff from the Lindblad Expedition ship National Geographic Explorer doing various things in and around the Svalbard Archipelago

Adult emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) on sea ice near Snow Hill Island in the Weddell Sea, Antarctica.

Aerial views of snow-capped mountains, ice fields, and glaciers on a commercial flight from Juneau to Anchorage Alaska, USA, Pacific Ocean

The Lindblad Expeditions ship National Geographic Explorer pushes through ice in Crystal Sound, south of the Antarctic Circle, Antarctica, Southern Ocean

Flightseeing in Denali National Park with Sheldon Air starting in Talkeetna and approaching Mt. McKinley from the south in the Alaska Range, Denali National Park, Alaska

The Lindblad Expedition ship National Geographic Explorer transits Lemaire Channel in late evening light on the west side of the Antarctic peninsula in Antarctica

Reflected light on water from the Grand Teton Mountain Range, outside of Jackson Hole, Wyoming. This image was shot from the Schabawacker Landing on the snake river.