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The Megatransect team were awestruck by their first glimpse of a town. 'It seems ironic, but the Pygmies loved town life,' says Fay.

Besides collecting the data, Fay also carries the burden of getting 15 souls, his team, safely across 1,200 miles of forest.

A mother elephant and her calf relax in the center of the bai in full daylight until they catch Nichol's human scent and run away.

Turning to confront a human presence, Bangha pauses along a trail at Tchimpounga.

Gathering their courage, the team wades into the rapids of thunderous Kongue Falls. Many are nervous, several cannot swim. 'If you slip, you're gone,' says Fay.

Orphans take a ride on a vine at Tchimpounga, reassured by nearby humans.

Approximately 2600 miles south of Hawaii and 1800 miles north of New Zealand is the location of the only American National Park in the Southern Hemisphere. Samoa is the birthplace of Polynesia and the park was established to protect their cultural…

Hoops are placed in the middle of the river that the hunters tie their pet birds to in the hope of attracting other birds. Then they put on their headdresses and sink to their shoulders in the water. They look like just another bird surrounded by…

Rope-access teams are able to access sites on the rig that would take month of building the scaffolding to reach.

Tough people endure a harsh land. A woman waits for a bus outside the Institute for the Study of Permafrost. In Norilsk, there is an unusually high incidence of alcoholism, even for Russia.