Baleen whale skeleton, most likely a young Bryde's whale, on lava flow in the Galapagos Island Archipelago, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Ecuador, South America

Baleen whale skeleton, most likely a young Bryde's whale, on lava flow in the Galapagos Island Archipelago, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Ecuador, South America

Neolithic archaeological site of Karahan Tepe, circular stone structure with T Shape pillars, Sanliurfa, Turkey, Asia Minor, Asia

Archaeological site of Dadan, ancient capital of the Dadan And Lihyan kingdoms more than 2000 years ago. AlUla, Medina Province, Saudi Arabia

Magellanic penguin (Spheniscus magellanicus) at a breeding and molting site in Estancia San Lorenzo, Argentina

Captive Galapagos giant tortoises (Chelonoidis spp), Charles Darwin Research Station, Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos Islands, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Ecuador, South America

Weddell Seal (Leptonychotes weddellii), hauled out on ice at Half Moon Island, Antarctica, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

Santa Laura Salpeter mine, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Atacama desert, Chile, South America

Blue-footed booby (Sula nebouxii) courtship behavior in the Galapagos Island Archipelago, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Ecuador, South America

Coastline and recovery place of the Chinchorro Mummies, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Camarones Valley, northern Atacama desert, Chile, South America

Captive Galapagos giant tortoises (Chelonoidis spp), Charles Darwin Research Station, Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos Islands, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Ecuador, South America

Close-up of foot of captive Galapagos giant tortoise (Chelonoidis spp), Charles Darwin Research Station, Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos Islands, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Ecuador, South America

Giant Tortoise at Charles Darwin Research Station, Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz (Indefatigable) Island, Galapagos, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Ecuador, South America

Captive Galapagos giant tortoise (Chelonoidis spp), Charles Darwin Research Station, Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos Islands, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Ecuador, South America

Captive Galapagos giant tortoise (Chelonoidis spp), Charles Darwin Research Station, Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos Islands, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Ecuador, South America

Captive Galapagos giant tortoises (Chelonoidis spp), Charles Darwin Research Station, Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos Islands, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Ecuador, South America

Archaeologists at work, Chichen Itza, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Yucatan, Mexico, North America

Archaeologists at work Mayan ruins, Chichen Itza, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Yucatan, Mexico, North America

Archaeological Museum, Aragonese castle, Castro, Lecce, Salento, Apulia, Italy, Europe

Archaeologists at work, Chichen Itza, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Yucatan, Mexico, North America

Archaeologists at work, Chichen Itza, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Yucatan, Mexico, North America

Surveyor at work, Temple of Panels (Templo de los Tableros Esculpidos), Mayan ruins, Chichen Itza, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Yucatan, Mexico, North America

British Mission Party, 1945

British Mission Party, 1945

Solar panels on the site of the Succulent Karoo Research Station.

Anatomical male figure and naked female figure standing around a tree with an engraved heart, exhibit in the German Hygiene-Museum, Dresden, Saxony, Germany, Europe

Sign with the logo of the corporate headquarters of the Fresenius SE company in Bad Homburg von der Hoehe, Hesse, Germany, Europe

Palace of Arts Reina Sofia, by S. Calatrava, City of Arts and Sciences, Comunidad Valenciana, Valencia, Spain, Europe

Priest writing ancient Dongba script, hands, Dongba Research Center at the Black Dragon Pool, Lijiang, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Yunnan Province, People's Republic of China, Asia

The Fram, the research ship of Fridtjof Nansen and Roald Amundsen, Fram Museum, Oslo, Norway, Europe

Priest writing ancient Dongba script, hands, Dongba Research Center at the Black Dragon Pool, Lijiang, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Yunnan Province, People's Republic of China, Asia

Corporate headquarters of the Fresenius SE company in Bad Homburg von der Hoehe, Hesse, Germany, Europe

The Fram, the research ship of Fridtjof Nansen and Roald Amundsen, Fram Museum, Oslo, Norway, Europe

Statue of Fridtjof Nansen in front of the Fram, Fram Museum, Oslo, Norway, Europe

Aerial view, Mark Dion research station, Gesellschaft der Amateur-Ornithologen art project, Emscherkunst.2010 art project, Bogomir Ecker, Buelent Kullukcu, artworks on the Emscher river, Herner Meer site, Herne, Ruhr area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany,

Aerial view, Bayer Schering research centre, Bayer Schering Pharma AG, a German pharmaceutical company, Aprather Weg street 18a, Wuppertal, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Albert Einstein's theory of relativity in the Science Museum in Canberra, Australia

Palace of Arts Reina Sofia, by S. Calatrava, City of Arts and Sciences, Comunidad Valenciana, Valencia, Spain, Europe

Zentrum fuer Kunst und Medientechnologie, ZKM, Centre for Art and Media, Karlsruhe, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

360 degree panorama of the Phaeno Science Museum in Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony, Germany, Europe

Principe Felipe museum of sciences at dusk, City of Arts and Sciences, Comunidad Valenciana, Valencia, Spain, Europe

Statue of Fridtjof Nansen in front of the Fram, Fram Museum, Oslo, Norway, Europe

Principe Felipe museum of sciences at dusk, by S. Calatrava, City of Arts and Sciences, Comunidad Valenciana, Valencia, Spain, Europe

Research institute and Musee Oceanographique Museum, Monte Carlo, Cote d'Azur, Monaco, Europe

Ra II, the famous raft by Thor Heyerdahl, Kon-Tiki Museum, Oslo, Norway, Europe

L'Hemisferic and Principe Felipe museum of sciences at dusk, by S. Calatrava, City of Arts and Sciences, Comunidad Valenciana, Valencia, Spain, Europe

Principe Felipe museum of sciences, City of Arts and Sciences, Comunidad Valenciana, Valencia, Spain, Europe

Palace of Arts Reina Sofia and L'Hemisferic at dusk, by S. Calatrava, City of Arts and Sciences, Comunidad Valenciana, Valencia, Spain, Europe

Palace of Arts Reina Sofia, by S. Calatrava, City of Arts and Sciences, Comunidad Valenciana, Valencia, Spain, Europe

Aerial view, Mark Dion research station, Gesellschaft der Amateur-Ornithologen art project, Emscherkunst.2010 art project, Bogomir Ecker, Buelent Kullukcu, artworks on the Emscher river, Herner Meer site, Herne, Ruhr area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany,

Palace of Arts Reina Sofia, City of Arts and Sciences, Comunidad Valenciana, Valencia, Spain, Europe

Principe Felipe museum of sciences at dusk, by S. Calatrava, City of Arts and Sciences, Comunidad Valenciana, Valencia, Spain, Europe

Natural History Museum, Vienna, Austria

Bicycles for hire, The Pirelli Hangar Bicocca Foundation, contemporary art gallery, Milan, Lombardy, Italy, Europe

Bicycles for hire, The Pirelli Hangar Bicocca Foundation, contemporary art gallery, Milan, Lombardy, Italy, Europe

Stormy sky and the repeating view of the cement columns under the iconic Scripps Pier in the Pacific Ocean near San Diego; La Jolla, San Diego County, California, United States of America

Man working on a laptop and smart phone with an oil refinery in the background; Alberta, Canada

The long expanse of the iconic Scripps Pier in the Pacific Ocean near San Diego on a grey day; La Jolla, San Diego County, California, United States of America

Reconstructed stone buildings on Machu Picchu, Peru

Hawaii, Kona, OTEC-Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion, Solar Energy Research Institute.

A German BGR helicopter used in Terre Victoria to transport geologists to specific research points. These are one-off scientific programs, involving the collaboration of several countries, in this case Germany and Italy. The Germans set up a base camp several dozen kilometers from the Italian Mario Zucchelli station, using Italian logistical resources such as the Laura Bassi icebreaker to transport the helicopter, the equipment needed to set up the base camp, scientific equipment and, of course, personnel. All of this was delivered to the Mario Zucchelli station for onward transport by helicopter to the search site. Victoria Land, Antarctica