The Masters of Nature Photography book â?? in pictures

Blast-off (Ross Sea, Antarctica, 2012): On the second day of the shoot, standing on the ice, Paul Nicklen was knocked off by a leopard seal that came hurtling out of the water and realised too late he wasn’t a penguin. Emperor penguins rocket out onto the ice using a lubrication of micro-bubbles released from their feathers that reduce the friction of feathers against water.