Sean Ives, 13, photographed on Thursday, May 16, 2013, keeps a world atlas with him at Trinity Lutheran School in Crown Point, Ind. Ives, a 7th-grader, will travel to Washington, D.C., for the National Geographic Bee and National Spelling Bee. He has lived in Michigan, Pennsylvania, Slovakia and Serbia, adding to his interest in geography.
Lois Fischer fits her daughter Rin Heise with her newly crafted prom dress made from a Dr. Seuss books and National Geographic maps at Forestview Middle School Thursday, April 25, 2013 in Baxter, Minn. Heise, a senior at Brainerd Public School, wanted to make a statement at her last prom Saturday, April 27, 2013.
Secretary of State John Kerry speaks at a reception about the Ross Sea, at the National Geographic Society, Monday, March 18, 2013 in Washington. Kerry is speaking about the U.S.-New Zealand initiative to establish the world s largest marine protected area in Antarctica s Ross Sea, which is of tremendous conservation and scientific value and is a focal point for U.S. marine conservation efforts in Antarctica.
Foreign Minister Bob Carr, from Australia, speaks at a reception about the Ross Sea, at the National Geographic Society, Monday, March 18, 2013, in Washington. Carr is speaking about the U.S.-New Zealand-Australian, initiative to establish the world s largest marine protected area in Antarctica s Ross Sea, which is of tremendous conservation and scientific value and is a focal point for U.S. marine conservation efforts in Antarctica.
Photographer Wyman Meinzer smiles as he talks about his career during an interview Monday, March 18, 2013, in Benjamin, Texas. Since 1978, Meinzer's photos of animals, man and nature have appeared in National Geographic, Time, Newsweek, Texas Monthly and a host of publications around the world. ( Brett Coomer / Houston Chronicle ) MANDATORY CREDIT.
Paul Nicklen of Canada, a photographer working for the National Geographic magazine, has won the first prize in the Nature Stories category of the World Press Photo Contest 2013 with the series "Emperor Penguins". The picture shows a group of Emperor Penguins swimming in the Ross Sea, Antarctica, taken on November 18, 2011 and distributed by the World Press Photo Foundation February 15, 2013. The prize-winning entries of the World Press Photo Contest 2013, the world's largest annual press photography contest, were announced today, February 15, 2013. Picture taken in 2011. The contest awards works published in 2012.
