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| King penguin, showing ornate and distinctive neck, breast and head plumage and orange beak. Image ID: 24601 Species: King penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus Location: Fortuna Bay, South Georgia Island | Southern elephant seal, juvenile. The southern elephant seal is the largest pinniped, and the largest member of order Carnivora, ever to have existed. It gets its name from the large proboscis (nose) it has when it has grown to adulthood. Image ID: 24603 Species: Southern elephant seal, Mirounga leonina Location: Fortuna Bay, South Georgia Island | Antarctic fur seal, young pup, juvenile. Image ID: 24604 Species: Antarctic Fur Seal, Arctocephalus gazella Location: Fortuna Bay, South Georgia Island |
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| An antarctic fur seal pup plays in the water. Image ID: 24605 Species: Antarctic Fur Seal, Arctocephalus gazella Location: Fortuna Bay, South Georgia Island | Leucistic juvenile antarctic fur seal, young pup, juvenile, blond. A leucistic animal is one that has pigmentation levels far below normal and is thus much more lightly colored. Image ID: 24617 Species: Antarctic Fur Seal, Arctocephalus gazella Location: Fortuna Bay, South Georgia Island | King penguin, wing detail. The king penguin uses its wings as flipper underwater, enabling it to swim fast. Image ID: 24619 Species: King penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus Location: Fortuna Bay, South Georgia Island |
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| Drygalski Fjord, passengers on icebreak M/V Polar Star. The water is packed with brash ice which has broken away from Risting Glacier at the end of the narrow fjord. Image ID: 24684 Location: Drygalski Fjord, South Georgia Island | Macaroni penguin, amid tall tussock grass, Cooper Bay, South Georgia Island. Image ID: 24694 Species: Macaroni penguin, Eudyptes chrysolophus Location: Cooper Bay, South Georgia Island | Macaroni penguin, amid tall tussock grass, Cooper Bay, South Georgia Island. Image ID: 24696 Species: Macaroni penguin, Eudyptes chrysolophus Location: Cooper Bay, South Georgia Island |
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| Drygalski Fjord, packed with brash ice which has broken away from Risting Glacier at the end of the narrow fjord. Image ID: 24697 Location: Drygalski Fjord, South Georgia Island | Juvenile 'oakum boy' penguin begs for food, which the adult will regurgitate from its stomach after foraging at sea. This scene plays out thousands of times each hour amid the vast king penguin colony at Salisbury Plain, where over 100,000 pairs of king penguins nest and rear their chicks. Image ID: 24395 Species: King penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus Location: Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island | King penguin colony at Salisbury Plain, Bay of Isles, South Georgia Island. Over 100,000 pairs of king penguins nest here, laying eggs in December and February, then alternating roles between foraging for food and caring for the egg or chick. Image ID: 24396 Species: King penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus Location: Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island |
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| King penguin, showing ornate and distinctive neck, breast and head plumage and orange beak. Image ID: 24412 Species: King penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus Location: Grytviken, South Georgia Island | King penguins, showing ornate and distinctive neck, breast and head plumage and orange beak. Image ID: 24413 Species: King penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus Location: Grytviken, South Georgia Island | Antarctic fur seals, on tussock grass slopes near Grytviken. Image ID: 24414 Species: Antarctic Fur Seal, Arctocephalus gazella Location: Grytviken, South Georgia Island |
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| Hercules Bay, with the steep mountains and narrow waterfalls of South Georgia Island rising above. Image ID: 24417 Location: Hercules Bay, South Georgia Island | Juvenile 'oakum boy' penguin begs for food, which the adult will regurgitate from its stomach after foraging at sea. This scene plays out thousands of times each hour amid the vast king penguin colony at Salisbury Plain, where over 100,000 pairs of king penguins nest and rear their chicks. Image ID: 24432 Species: King penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus Location: Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island | King penguins at Salisbury Plain. Image ID: 24433 Species: King penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus Location: Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island |
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| Grassy windy highlands and rocks, overlooking alluvial floodplain formed by glacier runoff near Stromness Bay. Image ID: 24584 Location: Stromness Harbour, South Georgia Island | Reindeer on South Georgia Island. Reindeer (known as caribou when wild) were introduced to South Georgia Island by Norway in the early 20th Century. There are now two distinct herds which are permanently separated by glaciers. Image ID: 24592 Species: Reindeer, Rangifer tarandus Location: Fortuna Bay, South Georgia Island | Antarctic fur seal on tussock grass, with the mountains of South Georgia Island and Fortuna Bay in the background. Image ID: 24594 Species: Antarctic Fur Seal, Arctocephalus gazella Location: Fortuna Bay, South Georgia Island |
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| Antarctic fur seal, on grass slopes high above Fortuna Bay, with the cloudy heights of South Georgia Island rising in the background. Image ID: 24595 Species: Antarctic Fur Seal, Arctocephalus gazella Location: Fortuna Bay, South Georgia Island | Fortuna Bay, with icebreaker M/V Polar Star at anchor. Image ID: 24596 Location: Fortuna Bay, South Georgia Island | Snow covers tussock grass and macaroni penguins, above Cooper Bay. Image ID: 24695 Species: Macaroni penguin, Eudyptes chrysolophus Location: Cooper Bay, South Georgia Island |
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| Drygalski Fjord, packed with brash ice which has broken away from the glacier at the end of the narrow fjord. Image ID: 24698 Location: Drygalski Fjord, South Georgia Island | M/V Polar Star approaches Jenkins Glacier (left), Risting Glacier (center) and a third glacier (right) at the end of Drygalski Fjord. Image ID: 24699 Location: Drygalski Fjord, South Georgia Island | Gentoo penguin walking through tall grass. Image ID: 24700 Species: Gentoo penguin, Pygoscelis papua Location: Godthul, South Georgia Island |
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| Gentoo penguin, calling, head raised, on the nest, snow falling. Image ID: 24702 Species: Gentoo penguin, Pygoscelis papua Location: Godthul, South Georgia Island | Gentoo penguin, walking through tall grass, snow falling. Image ID: 24704 Species: Gentoo penguin, Pygoscelis papua Location: Godthul, South Georgia Island | Antarctic fur seal colony, on a sand beach alongside Right Whale Bay, with the mountains of South Georgia Island in the background, sunset. Image ID: 24315 Species: Antarctic Fur Seal, Arctocephalus gazella Location: Right Whale Bay, South Georgia Island |
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