Macquarie Island
Approaching Macquarie |
Nearing the Australian Antarctic Research Expeditions base on Macquarie |
Ship's crew preparing for zodiac landings |
Stepping ashore at the isthmus |
Welcoming committee on Macquarie Island, Australia |
Relics of past exploitation: rusting digesters for seal and penguin oil |
Gentoo Penguin |
The Antarctic Division station, with elephant seals |
Elephant seals at play |
Elephant seals at play |
A quizzical old man elephant seal |
Drowsy old man Elephant Seal |
Elephant seal |
Elephant seal 'weaners' (newly weaned) |
A skua contemplates an elephant seal |
King Penguin rookery, Sandy Bay |
King penguins |
King penguins with fledgling |
King Penguin fledgling |
King Penguin |
King Penguins, Sandy Bay |
King Penguins |
King penguins |
Posing with penguins, Sandy Bay |
Close encounters... |
Close encounters (2) |
Posing with King Penguins (3) |
Greetings, Earthling |
Royal Penguins, Sandy Bay |
On the march.... |
Royal penguin |
Royal Penguins, Sandy Bay |
Macquarie Island: Love you, too |
Royal Penguins with degraded tussock grass, Sandy Bay |
Lusitania Bay rookery |
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