Take a trip around the globe in 22 incredible photos

Cape Race, Newfoundland, Canada: The Avalon Peninsula bares its fangs here, where rocks, fog and transatlantic shipping lanes have caused carnage. The Cape Race Lighthouse received the Titanic’s distress call.

Kahurangi National Park, South Island, New Zealand: The snow-sprinkled tops of the mountains in New Zealand’s second largest park are reflected in the glasslike surface of the river.

Lofoten wall and village, Nordland, Norway: Within the grasp of the Arctic Circle, Lofoten is an archipelago where alpine peaks tower over beaches, bays and traditional villages. The area is famed for adventure sports and surfing.

Picos de Europa, Asturias, Spain: Tracks wind through Picos de Europa mountains in northern Spain, in the country’s oldest national park, whose wild inhabitants include Cantabrian brown bear and Iberian wolf.

Elephant in Liwonde National Park, Southern Malawi.

Wilhelmina Bay, Antarctica: A seal rests on an ice floe but must beware of local pods of predatory orca that have learned how to sweep them off and into the ocean.

Gaberoun oasis, Idehan Ubari, Libya: In the Sahara’s sand sea lies this oasis of greenery around the intensely salty Gaberoun lake. There’s a Tuareg tribal settlement at the lake.

Paine Massif, Torres Del Paine, Chile: The main attraction of Chilean Patagonia, this National Park has lakes, mountains, glaciers and rivers. Paine Massif, a trio of granite peaks, is crowned by 2884m Paine Grande.

Paine Massif, Torres Del Paine, Chile: The main attraction of Chilean Patagonia, this National Park has lakes, mountains, glaciers and rivers. Paine Massif, a trio of granite peaks, is crowned by 2884m Paine Grande.

Iguazu Falls, Argentina: These waterfalls straddle the border between Argentina and Brazil. There are up to 300 separate falls as the Iguazu river rushes over the Paraná Plateau.

Infrastructure on Easter Island, which is famous for its Moai statues, is built to withstand earthquakes.

Geirangerfjord and Seven Sisters waterfall, Sunnmøre, Norway: This spectacular fjord is 15km long. Opposite the Seven Sisters is the tumbling, bumbling ‘Suitor’ waterfall, said to be trying to woo the sisters.

South Island, New Zealand: The vista across Canterbury Plains towards NZ’s Southern Alps is simultaneously a gift and an order to put on some boots and go explore.

Lago di Carezza, Italian Dolomites: This spring-fed puddle is famed for its stunning colours. The ‘lake of the rainbow’, fringed by dense fir-tree forest, reflects Latemar – the westernmost mountain of the Dolomites.

If currents degenerate, the rocky shores of Nova Scotia could become frozen wastelands.

Chugach Mountains, Alaska, USA.

Ao Phang-Nga National Marine Park, Thailand: Established in 1981 and covering an area of 400 sq km, Ao Phang-Nga Marine National Park is noted for its classic karst scenery.

South Georgia, Antarctica: Adult and young King penguins, a quarter of a million of them, congregate on Salisbury Plain on South Georgia in the southern Atlantic ocean.

Thuringia, Germany: The ‘green heart of Germany’, Thuringia is a small, densely forested state, well known for wilderness, winter sports and Germany’s most famous hiking trail, the 169.3km Rennsteig.

Mt Aspiring National Park, New Zealand: A wild walker’s wonderland, the rain-prone southwest flank of the South Island is also an ideal habitat for moss – of which New Zealand has 550 species.

Swedish Lapland: Close to Gällivare, a remote town 100km inside the Arctic Circle, reindeer run through snow. In most breeds, males and females have antlers, but lose them at different times.

Bali, Indonesia: An infant longtailed macaque tucks into a piece of fruit in the arms of its mother, within the Ubud Monkey Forest nature reserve and Hindu temple in the village of Padangtegal.

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