King penguin colony, the largest on South Georgia, at St. Andrews Bay |
Morning sunlight breaks through the gloom in the Neumayer Channel |
"Mr. DeMille . . . ?" |
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Gentoos hitch a ride |
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King penguins on the march |
Male elephant seals battle before an audience of king penguins |
"Oooh, I like this! How much?" |
Teenage angst |
On "fast ice." |
Weddell seal vocalizing while dreaming ... |
Gentoos on land and sea ... |
Wandering (snowy) albatross (juvenile) |
Gentoos scamper along the shoreline ... |
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In the footsteps of Shackleton, Stromness in sight ... |
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"Who's your photographer?" |
"It's my rock! You got a problem with that?" |
King penguins gravitate to lenses. |
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100,000 Kings |
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Look closely at this one ... |
"Right flank, advance... close the gap and we'll have them surrounded!" |
Wandering (snowy) albatross, still showing down, readying for first flight. |
"Global warming ... tell me about it!" |
Beachmaster with harem |
"Carbon fiber! It's more expensive, but you can taste the difference." |
Who says there are no polar bears in the Antarctic? |
Captain Carl Larsen and his crew survived the winter of 1902-03 here thanks to 1100 ancestors of this Adelie penguin. |
The blue color of this “bergy bit” shows that it is “old ice,” with most of the salt leached out. |
Approaching Neko Harbour |
Baily Head |
Chinstrap penguins own this beach. |
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Almirante Brown, Argentinian base. |
Almirante Brown, Argentinian base. |
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