Treacherous crevasse scour the surface of a glacier leading onto the sea ice in Antarctica. Tilapia species

Treacherous crevasse scour the surface of a glacier leading onto the sea ice in Antarctica. Tilapia speciesTreacherous crevasse scour the surface of a glacier leading onto the sea ice in Antarctica. Esser Bluff, Mount Erebus, Ross Island, Antarctica.

Barrier Ranges

An African Fish Eagle launches from a roost above a wetland

A freshwater stream cascades down a mountainside in an Arctic fjord

The world's tallest flowering plant

A photographer descending the sheer icy walls of a crevasse on the slopes of Mount Erebus in Antarctica

The shadow of palm tree fronds on a pristine tropical island beach overlooking the turquoise waters of the Indian Ocean

A factory and industrial precinct next to an international airport

A man gives a thumbs-up in a displaced community outside Pretoria

The impressive scimitar horns of Sable Antelope resting in tall grass

Desert hardy plants survive in the arid and sandy soil surrounding Uluru

White clouds race in over the red sands of the Strezlecki Desert

A mother hugs her son as he readies to attend his first day of school