857-14865 - An avalanche rescue dog, trained to sniff out victims buried in avalanches, finds a buried practice victim buried in the snow on the slopes of Snowmass Ski Resort, near Aspen, Colorado

857-14869 - An avalanche rescue dog, trained to sniff out victims buried in avalanches, rides a chairlift with his owner, handler at Wolf Creek Ski Area near Pagosa Springs, Colorado.

857-14863 - An avalanche rescue dog, trained to sniff out victims buried in avalanches, finds a buried practice victim buried in the snow on the slopes of Snowmass Ski Resort, near Aspen, Colorado

857-14890 - Students at the Silverton Avalanche School in Silverton, Colorado, form a line to search the snow with probes. The Silverton Avalanche School is held each January and it is quite acclaimed.

799-2030 - RAF helicopter performing a coastal rescue at the base of the steep cliffs of Spekes Mill Mouth, Hartland, Devon, England, United Kingdom, Europe

988-166 - Seal rescue. Rescuers administer first aid to young common seal pup (Phoca vitulina). Hebrides, Scotland

1036-232 - Harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) in rehabilitation centre, having been rescued from fishing weir, with cream on its back and fin to relieve sun burn. Cape Cod, USA.

1036-187 - Tourist on Bird Island working with resident warden to rescue Green turtle (Chelonia mydas) hatchlings from damaged nests. Seychelles, Indian Ocean (RR)

1036-233 - Harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) in rehabilitation centre, having been rescued from fishing weir, with cream on its back and fin to relieve sun burn. Cape Cod, USA.

915-625 - Wales Air Ambulance helicopter and crew rescuing a casualty at Solva harbour, Solva, Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK, Europe

934-383 - Cornwall air ambalance helecopter. Cornwall UK

915-306 - RNLI inshore rescue boat demonstration rescue, Little Haven Summer Regatta, Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK, Europe

915-626 - South Wales Air Ambulance helicopter and crew carrying a casualty on a stretcher at Solva harbour, Solva, Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK, Europe

915-628 - Wales Air Ambulance and crew loading a casualty into helicopter at Solva harbour, Solva, Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK, Europe

915-630 - Wales Air Ambulance helicopter and crew rescuing a casualty at Solva harbour, Solva, Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK, Europe

915-627 - Wales Air Ambulance helicopter and crew carrying a casualty on a stretcher at Solva harbour, Solva, Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK, Europe

915-623 - Wales Air Ambulance helicopter and crew rescuing a casualty at Solva harbour, Solva, Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK, Europe

915-305 - RNLI inshore rescue boat demonstration rescue, Little Haven Summer Regatta, Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK, Europe

915-629 - Wales Air Ambulance and crew loading a casualty into helicopter at Solva harbour, Solva, Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK, Europe

934-382 - Cornwall air ambalance helecopter. Cornwall UK

915-631 - Wales Air Ambulance helicopter and crew rescuing a casualty at Solva harbour, Solva, Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK, Europe

915-632 - Wales Air Ambulance helicopter in flight after rescuing a casualty at Solva harbour, Solva, Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK, Europe

915-624 - Wales Air Ambulance helicopter and crew rescuing a casualty at Solva harbour, Solva, Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK, Europe

969-159 - Cuvier's Beaked Whale (Ziphiius cavirostris) rescue in Horta Harbour. Azores

969-160 - Cuvier's Beaked Whale (Ziphiius cavirostris) rescue in Horta Harbour. Azores

979-2448 - Images of the rescue of 154 people from the sinking expedition ship Explorer in Antarctica

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979-2040 - Turtle researchers from the NGO Pro Caguama study and capture the critically endangered Loggerhead Turtle (Caretta caretta) from the town of Puerto Lopez Mateos

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979-7994 - U.S. Coast Guard helicopter performing a rescue operation in Southeast Alaska, USA, Pacific Ocean.

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979-7993 - U.S. Coast Guard helicopter performing a rescue operation in Southeast Alaska, USA, Pacific Ocean.

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911-3724 - A Navy Sea King helicopter crew and mountain rescue team members treat a seriously injured walker who had fallen 250 , Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

911-1293 - Unprecedented floods in 2007, Bentley, South Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

911-2021 - An injured climber with a dislocated shoulder is winched off Pavey Ark by the Langdale Ambleside Mountain Rescue Team and RAF Sea King helicopter, Lake District, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

911-3165 - RAF Sea King Helicopter crew attend a mountain rescue incident in the Lake District, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

911-409 - An RAF Sea King Helicopter winchman and casualty on a stretcher, Loughrigg in the Lake District, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

911-608 - Members of Langdale Ambleside Mountain Rescue Team doing a stretcher lower down a crag in Langdale as part of training. Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

911-2587 - Langdale Ambleside Mountain Rescue Team stretcher an injured hiker off the Langdale Fells in the Lake District, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

911-5692 - Paramedics from the Great North Air Ambulance and members of Langdale/Ambleside Mountain Rescue Team treat an injured man who fell into Wrynose Beck, before transferring him to hospital via helicopter. Lake District, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

911-2589 - Langdale Ambleside Mountain Rescue Team stretcher an injured hiker off the Langdale Fells in the Lake District, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

911-238 - A lifeboat on a passenger ferry in Ilulissat on Greenland's west coast, Greenland, Polar Regions

911-3429 - Members of Langdale Ambleside Mountain Rescue Team treat a seriously injured climber with a broken femur in the Langdale Valley, Lake District, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

911-2870 - Members of the Langdale Ambleside Mountain Rescue Team treat an injured walker in the Lake District, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

911-5695 - Paramedics from the Great North Air Ambulance and members of Langdale/Ambleside Mountain Rescue Team treat an injured man who fell into Wrynose Beck, before transferring him to hospital via helicopter. Lake District, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

911-2688 - An AA van in the snow in Ambleside, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

911-3479 - A Mountain Rescue Landrover above Ambleside in the Lake District, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

911-5748 - A sim man being used in a training scenario for mountain rescue volunteers, England, United Kingdom, Europe

911-480 - A lifebelt in Appledore, Devon, England, United Kingdom, Europe

911-3160 - A mountain rescue member uses a flare to attract an approaching Sea King helicopter to the casualty site on Fairfield in the Lake District National Park, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe