Adelie Penguins | Pygoscelis adeliae

Adelie penguin group; walking on sea ice; waddling; journey to the colony; dedication; commitment; parenting; challenging; black penguins on white ice; barren landscape; unforgiving landscape; frozen sea;

Emperor Penguin | Aptenodytes forsteri

vulnerability; life in polar seas; emperor penguin stands by large crack in the ice; sea ice breaking up; ice melting

gleaming

the name glaucous gull is derived from the Greek for 'gleaming'

Brown Booby Pursuing a Flying Fish

aerial chase; brown booby chasing a flying fish; bird wing and fish fins outstretched; dramatic pursuit; bird versus fish; blue sea

Cape Petrel | Daption capense

Southern Ocean seabird; checkered plumage; stiff-winged glide; portrait of a cape petrel; soft low angle light; eye and bill visible; calm sea

Snow Petrel | Pagodroma nivea

snow petrel in flight; flying overhead; eye and beak in focus; white seabird against blue sky; close approach

Kelptoparasitism of Gentoo Penguins | Pygoscelis papua by Brown Skua | Stercorarius antarcticus

brown skua swoops through a gentoo penguin rookery; egg predation; penguins under attack by skua; freezing fog; Antarctic Peninusla; pebble and guano nests

Gentoo Penguin | Pygoscelis papua

Gentoo penguin in a blizzard; bracing from the weather; squinting penguin; snowflakes settling on feathers