860-287459 - 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.
860-287455 - Tara Oceans Expeditions - May 2011. CTD-Rosette (Conductivity Temperature Density instrumental platform with 7 additional sensors), Galapagos
860-287456 - Tara Oceans Expeditions - May 2011. CTD-Rosette (Conductivity Temperature Density instrumental platform with 7 additional sensors), Galapagos
860-287445 - Tara Pacific expedition - november 2017 Saltwater crocodile exhaling through the nose (bouyancy control) near Garua Island, Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea
860-287457 - Tara Oceans Expeditions - May 2011. Bubbles rise from underwater volcanic vents among rocks, the openings are crusted with sulfur, Roca Redonda, Galapagos, Ecuador
860-287450 - 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
860-287440 - Tara Pacific expedition - november 2017 Zero wreck, vertical view Orthomosaic from 3D photogrammetry (13500 x 10000 px). D: 15 m Kimbe Bay, papua New Guinea, Coral growth on this wreck is from a period of 74 years ! The ZERO, is a Japanese WW2 fighter plane wreck. This Zero wreck was discovered in January 2000 by local William Nuli while he was freediving for sea cucumbers. He asked the Walindi Plantation Resort dive team if they might know what it was, and when they investigated they uncovered the intact wreck of a Zero fighter, resting on a sedimented bottom in 15 m depth. This World War II Japanese fighter is almost completely intact. The plane is believed to have been ditched, the pilot is believed to have survived, but was never found on the island. He never returned home. Maybe he disappeared in the jungle? On 26th December 1943, during the battle of Cape Gloucester, the Japanese pilot made an emergency landing, ditching his Mitsubishi A6M Zero plane into the sea approximately 100m off West New Britain Province. The plane was piloted by PO1 Tomiharu Honda of the 204st K?k?tai. His fate is unknown but it is believed the he made a controlled water landing after running out of fuel and survived. Although he failed to return to his unit, the plane was found with the throttle and trim controls both set for landing and the canopy was open. There are no visible bullet holes or other shrapnel damage and the plane is still virtually intact after over 70 years underwater. It is a A6M2 Model 21 Zero, made famous for its use in Kamikaze attacks by the Japanese Imperial Navy. The wreck has the Manufacture Number 8224 and was built by Nakajima in late August 1942.
860-287443 - Tara Pacific expedition - november 2017 Saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus) on a small reef, near Garua Island, Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea,
860-287439 - Tara Pacific expedition - november 2017 Tara in Kimbe Bay, papua New Guinea, H: 103,6 m, mandatory credit line: Photo: Christoph Gerigk, drone pilot: Guillaume Bourdin - Tara Expeditions Foundation
860-287437 - Tara Pacific expedition - november 2017 Small coral island and adjacent reef, near Yanaba Island, Papua New Guinea, H: 536,6 m, mandatory credit line: Photo: Christoph Gerigk, drone pilot: Guillaume Bourdin - Tara Expeditions Foundation
860-287438 - Tara Pacific expedition - november 2017 Small coral island and adjacent reef, near Yanaba Island, Papua New Guinea, H: 452.3 m, mandatory credit line: Photo: Christoph Gerigk, drone pilot: Guillaume Bourdin - Tara Expeditions Foundation
832-380001 - Zodiac boat with tourists navigating in front of Lilliehook glacier, Lilliehook fjord, Spitsbergen Island, Svalbard Archipelago, Norway, Europe
1167-1954 - Expedition cruise ship and passengers, tidewater glacier, South Skjoldungen Fjord, glorious weather, remote East Greenland, Denmark, Polar Regions
1167-1795 - Expedition tourists kayaking in cold, snowy weather, with icebergs, Chilean Gonzalez Videla Station, Waterboat Point, Antarctica, Polar Regions
1167-1796 - Expedition tourists kayaking in snowy weather, with blue icebergs, Chilean Gonzalez Videla Station, Waterboat Point, Antarctica, Polar Regions
1167-1779 - Zodiac boat, expedition tourists, landing beach, Half Moon Island, Livingston Island view, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, Polar Regions
1167-1783 - Expedition tourists leave Half Moon Island, Livingston Island blue glaciers and evening sun, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, Polar Regions
1167-1777 - Expedition tourists walk on shore of Half Moon Island, view to Livingston Island, blue sky, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, Polar Regions
1167-1776 - Expedition tourists follow a marked route on Half Moon Island, view to Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, Polar Regions
1167-1763 - Gentoo penguins (Pygoscelis papua) and expedition tourists on Cuverville Island, Danco Coast, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, Polar Regions
1167-1676 - Expedition visit, British Historic Monument Damoy Hut and Bahia Dorian Argentine Refuge, Dorian Bay, Wiencke Island, Antarctica, Polar Regions
1167-1675 - Damoy Hut, expedition ship visitor in the snow, Historic Monument, Dorian Bay, Wiencke Island, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, Polar Regions
1167-1674 - Expedition ship visit, Damoy Hut, former British Air Transit Facility, Historic Monument, Dorian Bay, Wiencke Island, Antarctica, Polar Regions
1167-1642 - Kayak expedition preparations, Tracy Arm Fjord, clearing mist, icebergs and cascades, near South Sawyer Glacier, Alaska, United States of America, North America
857-94193 - JeanLouis Wertz on ropes in Apichavai 8a+. Venezuela expedition "jungle jamming" to Amuri tepuy and Tuyuren waterfalls, with Nicolas Favresse, Sean Villanueva, Stephane Hanssens and Jean louis Wertz. The team free climb to new climbingroutes on the Tepuy, which is 3 days of walk to the village of Yunek near Santa helena and the salto angel(canaima).
857-94194 - Sean Villanueva at the portaledge camp. Streching at sunrise - Venezuela expedition "jungle jamming" to Amuri tepuy and Tuyuren waterfalls, with Nicolas Favresse, Sean Villanueva, Stephane Hanssens and Jean louis Wertz. The team free climb to new climbingroutes on the Tepuy, which is 3 days of walk to the village of Yunek near Santa helena and the salto angel(canaima).
857-94196 - Nicolas Favresse climbing. Apichavai 8a+ - 500 meters high - Venezuela expedition "jungle jamming" to Amuri tepuy and Tuyuren waterfalls, with Nicolas Favresse, Sean Villanueva, Stephane Hanssens and Jean louis Wertz. The team free climb to new climbingroutes on the Tepuy, which is 3 days of walk to the village of Yunek near Santa helena and the salto angel(canaima).
857-94198 - Backpacker - Venezuela expedition "jungle jamming" to Amuri tepuy and Tuyuren waterfalls, with Nicolas Favresse, Sean Villanueva, Stephane Hanssens and Jean louis Wertz. The team free climb to new climbingroutes on the Tepuy, which is 3 days of walk to the village of Yunek near Santa helena and the salto angel(canaima).
857-94197 - Sean Villanueva enjoy the view of the jungle - Venezuela expedition "jungle jamming" to Amuri tepuy and Tuyuren waterfalls, with Nicolas Favresse, Sean Villanueva, Stephane Hanssens and Jean louis Wertz. The team free climb to new climbingroutes on the Tepuy, which is 3 days of walk to the village of Yunek near Santa helena and the salto angel(canaima).
857-94199 - Tent - Venezuela expedition "jungle jamming" to Amuri tepuy and Tuyuren waterfalls, with Nicolas Favresse, Sean Villanueva, Stephane Hanssens and Jean louis Wertz. The team free climb to new climbingroutes on the Tepuy, which is 3 days of walk to the village of Yunek near Santa helena and the salto angel(canaima).
857-94195 - Nicolas Favresse climbing. Apichavai 8a+ - 500 meters high - Venezuela expedition "jungle jamming" to Amuri tepuy and Tuyuren waterfalls, with Nicolas Favresse, Sean Villanueva, Stephane Hanssens and Jean louis Wertz. The team free climb to new climbingroutes on the Tepuy, which is 3 days of walk to the village of Yunek near Santa helena and the salto angel(canaima).
1112-2988 - Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) off the bow of the Lindblad Expeditions ship National Geographic Orion, Cuverville Island, Antarctica, Polar Regions
1112-2989 - Humpback whale diving during Zodiac cruise from the Lindblad Expeditions ship National Geographic Orion, Weddell Sea, Antarctica, Polar Regions
1195-119 - A geological formation known as the Flaming Cliffs where Andrew Shapman expedition discovered the first dinosaurs eggs, Mongolia, Central Asia, Asia
857-88773 - A mountain ranger is digging out tents after a snowstorm covered them during the night in 14k camp on Mount McKinley, Alaska. Climbers are advised to spare no expense on a expedition-quality tent as it can mean the difference between life and death during a ferocious storm on Denali. Extra poles and repair materials are important in case of damage caused by storms. Plan to take extra pickets, wands or deadmen for tent anchors. Never leave a tent without anchoring it securely. Tents are lost each year due to sudden gusts of wind while the tent was left unattended or drying. Every climbing season High Mountain Rangers of the Denali National Park Service are called to help climbers in need. If possible the patient is brought down to base camp on foot, only in life threatening conditions a helicopter is called to evacuate the patient to a hospital in Anchorage.
857-88636 - Two climbers dig out their tent after a snowstorm covered them in 14k camp on Mount McKinley, Alaska. Climbers are advised to spare no expense on a expedition-quality tent as it can mean the difference between life and death during a ferocious storm on Denali. Extra poles and repair materials are important in case of damage caused by storms. Plan to take extra pickets, wands or deadmen for tent anchors. Never leave a tent without anchoring it securely. Tents are lost each year due to sudden gusts of wind while the tent was left unattended or drying. Every climbing season High Mountain Rangers of the Denali National Park Service are called to help climbers in need. If possible the patient is brought down to base camp on foot, only in life threatening conditions a helicopter is called to evacuate the patient to a hospital in Anchorage.