Robert Harding Premium August 2013

Adult humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) surfacing off the Enterprise Islands, Antarctica, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

Remains of the abandoned whale station in Port Foster, Deception Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Tympanum of the Last Judgement. Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral, Paris, France, Europe

Tunisian Bedouin reading the Koran, Douz, Tunisia, North Africa, Africa

Bedouin praying in the Sahara, Douz, Kebili, Tunisia, North Africa, Africa

Bedouin praying in the Sahara, Douz, Kebili, Tunisia, North Africa, Africa

Dromedary rider in the Sahara, Douz, Kebili, Tunisia, North Africa, Africa

Bedouins using a laptop in the Sahara, Douz, Kebili, Tunisia, North Africa, Africa

Southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina) hauled out for their annual catastrophic moult, Snow Island, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina) hauled out for their annual catastrophic moult, Snow Island, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina) hauled out for their annual catastrophic moult, Snow Island, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina) hauled out for their annual catastrophic moult, Snow Island, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Snow-capped mountains surround Snow Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

Adult leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx), Snow Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddellii) hauled out on ice at Snow Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddellii) hauled out on ice at Snow Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddellii) hauled out on ice at Snow Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

Bedouins playing with stones in the sand, Douz, Kebili, Tunisia, North Africa, Africa

Camel drivers meeting in the Sahara, Douz, Kebili, Tunisia, North Africa, Africa

Camel driver in the Sahara, Douz, Kebili, Tunisia, North Africa, Africa

Bedouin using a laptop in the Sahara, Douz, Kebili, Tunisia, North Africa, Africa

Bedouins sharing tea in the Sahara, Douz, Kebili, Tunisia, North Africa, Africa

Sahara landscape, Douz, Kebili, Tunisia, North Africa, Africa

The Faithful at Mass, Villemomble, Seine-St.-Denis, France, Europe

Adult crabeater seal (Lobodon carcinophaga), Cuverville Island, near the Antarctic Peninsula, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

Adult chinstrap penguins (Pygoscelis antarctica), Cuverville Island, Antarctica, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

Adult Antarctic shags (Phalacrocorax (atriceps) bransfieldensis), Enterprise Islands, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Type A killer whales (Orcinus orca) travelling and socializing in Gerlache Strait near the Antarctic Peninsula, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

Type A killer whale (Orcinus orca) bull, traveling and socializing in Gerlache Strait near the Antarctic Peninsula, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

Type A killer whales (Orcinus orca) travelling and socializing in Gerlache Strait near the Antarctic Peninsula, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

Type A killer whales (Orcinus orca) travelling and socializing in Gerlache Strait near the Antarctic Peninsula, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

Adelie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae), Torgersen Island, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Adelie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae), Torgersen Island, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Adelie penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae), Torgersen Island, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, Polar Regions

United States Palmer Research Station in Arthur Harbor, Antarctica, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

Huge mushroom shaped iceberg in Dorian Bay, western side of the Antarctic Peninsula, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

Snow-capped mountains surround Pleneau Island, Antarctica, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

Adult southern fulmar (Fulmarus glacialoides) feeding in calm waters in Paradise Bay, Antarctica, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

Adult southern fulmar (Fulmarus glacialoides) feeding in calm waters in Paradise Bay, Antarctica, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

Adult leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx), Paradise Bay, Antarctica, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

Sunset over ice floes and icebergs, near Pleneau Island, Antarctica, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

Sunset over ice floes and icebergs, near Pleneau Island, Antarctica, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

Sunset over ice floes and icebergs, near Pleneau Island, Antarctica, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

Sunset over ice floes and icebergs, near Pleneau Island, Antarctica, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

Sea ice mixed with brash ice near Pleneau Island, western side of the Antarctic Peninsula, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

Antarctic Minke whale (Balaenoptera bonaerensis), Booth Island, Antarctica, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

Antarctic Minke whale (Balaenoptera bonaerensis), Booth Island, Antarctica, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

Adult Antarctic shags (Phalacrocorax (atriceps) bransfieldensis) on snow in the Enterprise Islands, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Adult gentoo penguins (Pygoscelis papua) leaping onto ice in the Enterprise Islands, Antarctica, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

Adult gentoo penguins (Pygoscelis papua) in the Enterprise Islands, Antarctica, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions