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| M/V Polar Star, an icebreaker expedition ship, lies at anchor in Right Whale Bay, South Georgia Island. Antarctic fur seals on the beach, and the rugged South Georgia Island mountains in the distance. Sunset, dusk. Image ID: 24318 Species: Antarctic Fur Seal, Arctocephalus gazella Location: Right Whale Bay, South Georgia Island | Wandering albatross, on nest and the Prion Island colony. The wandering albatross has the largest wingspan of any living bird, with the wingspan between, up to 12' from wingtip to wingtip. It can soar on the open ocean for hours at a time, riding the updrafts from individual swells, with a glide ratio of 22 units of distance for every unit of drop. The wandering albatross can live up to 23 years. They hunt at night on the open ocean for cephalopods, small fish, and crustaceans. The survival of the species is at risk due to mortality from long-line fishing gear. Image ID: 24385 Species: Wandering albatross, Diomedea exulans Location: Prion Island, South Georgia Island | King penguin preening. Salisbury Plain, Bay of Isles, South Georgia Island. Image ID: 24387 Species: King penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus Location: Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island |
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| Macaroni penguins, on the rocky shoreline of Hercules Bay, South Georgia Island. One of the crested penguin species, the macaroni penguin bears a distinctive yellow crest on its head. They grow to be about 12 lb and 28" high. Macaroni penguins eat primarily krill and other crustaceans, small fishes and cephalopods. Image ID: 24390 Species: Macaroni penguin, Eudyptes chrysolophus Location: Hercules Bay, South Georgia Island | Antarctic fur seal. Image ID: 24392 Species: Antarctic Fur Seal, Arctocephalus gazella Location: Hercules Bay, South Georgia Island | Macaroni penguin, on the rocky shoreline of Hercules Bay, South Georgia Island. One of the crested penguin species, the macaroni penguin bears a distinctive yellow crest on its head. They grow to be about 12 lb and 28" high. Macaroni penguins eat primarily krill and other crustaceans, small fishes and cephalopods. Image ID: 24393 Species: Macaroni penguin, Eudyptes chrysolophus Location: Hercules Bay, South Georgia Island |
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| Oakum boys, juvenile king penguins at Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island. Named 'oakum boys' by sailors for the resemblance of their brown fluffy plumage to the color of oakum used to caulk timbers on sailing ships, these year-old penguins will soon shed their fluffy brown plumage and adopt the colors of an adult. Image ID: 24405 Species: King penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus Location: Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island | Oakum boys, juvenile king penguins at Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island. Named 'oakum boys' by sailors for the resemblance of their brown fluffy plumage to the color of oakum used to caulk timbers on sailing ships, these year-old penguins will soon shed their fluffy brown plumage and adopt the colors of an adult. Image ID: 24406 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: 24431 Species: King penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus Location: Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island |
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| King penguin colony. Over 100,000 pairs of king penguins nest at Salisbury Plain, laying eggs in December and February, then alternating roles between foraging for food and caring for the egg or chick. Image ID: 24456 Species: King penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus Location: Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island | King penguin, solitary, standing. Image ID: 24602 Species: King penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus Location: Fortuna Bay, South Georgia Island | Drygalski Fjord, packed with brash ice which has broken away from Risting Glacier at the end of the narrow fjord. Image ID: 24687 Location: Drygalski Fjord, South Georgia Island |
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| M/V Polar Star approaches Jenkins Glacier (left), Risting Glacier (center) and a third glacier (right) at the end of Drygalski Fjord. Image ID: 24688 Location: Drygalski Fjord, South Georgia Island | Adelie penguin, adult feeding chick by regurgitating partially digested food into the chick's mouth. The pink food bolus, probably consisting of krill and marine invertebrates, can be seen being between the adult and chick's beaks. Image ID: 25008 Species: Adelie Penguin, Pygoscelis adeliae Location: Shingle Cove, Coronation Island, South Orkney Islands, Southern Ocean | 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: 25029 Species: Southern elephant seal, Mirounga leonina Location: Shingle Cove, Coronation Island, South Orkney Islands, Southern Ocean |
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| Rockhopper penguins, on rocky coastline of New Island in the Falklands. True to their name, rockhopper penguins scramble over the rocky intertidal zone and up steep hillsides to reach their nesting colonies which may be hundreds of feet above the ocean, often jumping up and over rocks larger than themselves. Rockhopper penguins reach 23" and 7.5lb in size, and can live 20-30 years. They feed primarily on feed on krill, squid, octopus, lantern fish, molluscs, plankton, cuttlefish, and crustaceans. Image ID: 23744 Species: Rockhopper penguin, Western rockhopper penguin, Eudyptes chrysocome, Eudyptes chrysocome chrysocome Location: New Island, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom | Gentoo penguins coming ashore, after foraging at sea, walking through ocean water as it wades onto a sand beach. Adult gentoo penguins grow to be 30" and 19lb in size. They feed on fish and crustaceans. Gentoo penguins reside in colonies well inland from the ocean, often formed of a circular collection of stones gathered by the penguins. Image ID: 23831 Species: Gentoo penguin, Pygoscelis papua Location: New Island, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom | King penguin colony. Over 100,000 pairs of king penguins nest at Salisbury Plain, laying eggs in December and February, then alternating roles between foraging for food and caring for the egg or chick. Image ID: 24386 Species: King penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus Location: Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island |
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| Antarctic fur seal, on grass slopes high above Fortuna Bay. Image ID: 24583 Species: Antarctic Fur Seal, Arctocephalus gazella Location: Fortuna Bay, South Georgia Island | Gentoo penguins, calling, heads raised. Image ID: 24690 Species: Gentoo penguin, Pygoscelis papua Location: Godthul, South Georgia Island | Gentoo penguin walking through tall grass. Image ID: 24701 Species: Gentoo penguin, Pygoscelis papua Location: Godthul, South Georgia Island |
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| Gentoo penguin stealing nesting material, moving it from one nest to another. Image ID: 24719 Species: Gentoo penguin, Pygoscelis papua Location: Godthul, South Georgia Island | Iceberg, ocean, light and clouds. Light plays over icebergs and the ocean near Coronation Island. Image ID: 24779 Location: Coronation Island, South Orkney Islands, Southern Ocean | Iceberg, ocean, light and clouds. Light plays over icebergs and the ocean near Coronation Island. Image ID: 24780 Location: Coronation Island, South Orkney Islands, Southern Ocean |
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| Rockhopper penguins, on rocky coastline of New Island in the Falklands. True to their name, rockhopper penguins scramble over the rocky intertidal zone and up steep hillsides to reach their nesting colonies which may be hundreds of feet above the ocean, often jumping up and over rocks larger than themselves. Rockhopper penguins reach 23" and 7.5lb in size, and can live 20-30 years. They feed primarily on feed on krill, squid, octopus, lantern fish, molluscs, plankton, cuttlefish, and crustaceans. Image ID: 23742 Species: Rockhopper penguin, Western rockhopper penguin, Eudyptes chrysocome, Eudyptes chrysocome chrysocome Location: New Island, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom | Northeastern coast of Steeple Jason Island, looking toward the southern half of the island. Steeple Jason is one of the remote Jason Group of Islands in the West Falklands. Uninhabited, the island is spectacular both for its rugged scenery and its enormous breeding colony of black-browed albatross. Steeple Jason Island is now owned and administered by the Wildlife Conservation Society. Image ID: 24101 Location: Steeple Jason Island, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom | Black-browed albatross colony on Steeple Jason Island in the Falklands. This is the largest breeding colony of black-browed albatrosses in the world, numbering in the hundreds of thousands of breeding pairs. The albatrosses lay eggs in September and October, and tend a single chick that will fledge in about 120 days. Image ID: 24122 Species: Black-browed albatross, Thalassarche melanophrys Location: Steeple Jason Island, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom |
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| Macaroni penguins, on the rocky shoreline of Hercules Bay, South Georgia Island. One of the crested penguin species, the macaroni penguin bears a distinctive yellow crest on its head. They grow to be about 12 lb and 28" high. Macaroni penguins eat primarily krill and other crustaceans, small fishes and cephalopods. Image ID: 24391 Species: Macaroni penguin, Eudyptes chrysolophus Location: Hercules Bay, South Georgia Island | Gentoo penguins, permanent nesting colony in grassy hills about a mile inland from the ocean, near Stromness Bay, South Georgia Island. Image ID: 24586 Species: Gentoo penguin, Pygoscelis papua Location: Stromness Harbour, South Georgia Island | View of Godthul, from the grassy slopes of South Georgia. The name Godthul, or "Good Hollow", dates back to Norwegian whalers who used this bay as a anchorage. Image ID: 24689 Location: Godthul, South Georgia Island |
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