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Adelie Penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) feeding its two chicks.
Colony of Adelie Penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae) on Paulet Island, Weddell Sea (Antarctic Peninsula)
Adelie Penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) with one chick and one egg
There are about 3 days of hatching between the first and the second egg. But this chick looks older...
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Blue-eyed Shag (Phalacrocorax atriceps bransfieldensis) with its chicks begging for food
This parent tried to get some rest, but the chicks kept on begging.
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Abandoned building on Deception Island (South Shetland Islands)
Mud and land slides from the 1969-1970 volcanic eruptions have caused the buildling to slide.
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Abandoned building on Deception Island (South Shetland Islands)
Adelie Penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) carrying an egg
"The Little Miserable Adelie Chick" (Pygoscelis adeliae)
This chick was probably too small for the time of the season. It looked abandoned and shivered to keep...
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Beautiful sunset in the Antarctic Peninsula
Coffee table books often show the wrong idea of Antarctica: blue skies and beautiful sunsets. This is...
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Huge iceberg with bird (encircled). Weddell Sea (Antarctic peninsula)
Icebergs are huge - but their size is impossible to photograph without any reference. I have encircled a Cape Petrel which has the size of a pigeon.
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Flying to/from Antarctica (King George Island, South Shetlands, Antarctica)
For the first time we had a group leaving Antarctica not by sailing back, but by flying. This is their...
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Blue-eyed Shag (Phalacrocorax atriceps bransfieldensis) resting with its chicks hanging their head over the rim of the nest
The young shags have grown a lot since we last saw them.
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Close up of a Gentoo Penguin (Pygoscelis papua) feeding its young chick
Weddell Seal on an ice floe (Leptonychotes weddellii)
Adelie Penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) at Gourdin Island (Antarctic Peninsula)
Wilson's Storm Petrel (Oceanites oceanicus) landing close to its nest (Gourdin Island, Antarctic Peninsula)
Wilson's Storm Petrel (Oceanites oceanicus) has weak legs, I think it may use its wings here for extra support.
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