Cold shower
Crashing waves threaten to shower a crowd of resting chinstrap penguins in Kraken Cove, Candlemas Island, South Sandwich
Giant petrel pair
A pair of southern giant petrels foraging in a tidal race which has stranded a tabular iceberg at Thule Island, South Sandwich
Petrel murmuration
A small fraction of the several thousand cape petrels which were flying in formation, following fin whales off South Orkney
Surfacing for air
A king penguin surfaces for a few breaths between bouts of feeding. Tiny barbules on each feather ensure that they cling tightly together to ensure water-proofness and a smooth laminar surface for efficient swimming.
King Penguin Raft
King penguins on a blustery day at Right Whale Bay, South Georgia.
A Conspiracy of Skuas
Brown skuas on a snow bank above Portal Point, Antarctica.
Danger Islands
More Adelie penguins live on these remote islands than anywhere else around the Antarctic Peninsula: 1.5 million in total.
Chilling out
Adelie penguins on an iceberg on a sunny day at Brown Bluff, Antarctica.
Jump!
This Adelie penguin was determined to get out of the water onto this iceberg. What it didn't seem to realise however, is that the others climbed out on the other side of the iceberg, which was much lower to the water.
Penguin Grotto
An Adelie penguin looking quite angelic on a back-lit iceberg
bald eagle
this is one of a pair of bald eagles being fed by a local tour boat. Farmed salmon in this case
Common Eider | Somateria mollissima
Common eider chick, walking away, growing up, fledgeling, Iceland, sea duck, pebble beach
Brünnich's guillemot in flight
King Penguin |Aptenodytes patagonicus
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