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| South Georgia Island coastline, showing the island's characteristic rugged topography. 56% of the island is covered by 161 glaciers, which have created numerous large bays and inlets that provide excellent habitat for marine animals and seabirds. Mountains meet the sea in steep-sided seacliffs covered with sparse vegetation. The highest point on South Georgia Island is Mt. Paget at 2,915m. Image ID: 24322 Location: South Georgia Island | King penguin colony, Right Whale Bay, South Georgia Island. Over 100,000 pairs of king penguins nest on South Georgia Island each summer. Image ID: 24344 Species: King penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus Location: Right Whale Bay, South Georgia Island | King penguin colony and the Bay of Isles on the northern coast of South Georgia Island. Over 100,000 nesting pairs of king penguins reside here. Dark patches in the colony are groups of juveniles with fluffy brown plumage. The icebreaker M/V Polar Star lies at anchor. Image ID: 24401 Species: King penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus Location: Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island |
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| King penguin colony and the Bay of Isles on the northern coast of South Georgia Island. Over 100,000 nesting pairs of king penguins reside here. Dark patches in the colony are groups of juveniles with fluffy brown plumage. The icebreaker M/V Polar Star lies at anchor. Image ID: 24402 Species: King penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus Location: Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island | King penguin colony and the Bay of Isles on the northern coast of South Georgia Island. Over 100,000 nesting pairs of king penguins reside here. Dark patches in the colony are groups of juveniles with fluffy brown plumage. Image ID: 24403 Species: King penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus Location: Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island | Grytviken Chapel, at the old whaling station of Grytviken, South Georgia Island. Image ID: 24415 Location: Grytviken, South Georgia Island |
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| King penguins march in a line along the shore. Image ID: 24416 Species: King penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus Location: Grytviken, South Georgia Island | Zodiac motors through the blue-green waters of Hercules Bay. Image ID: 24418 Location: Hercules Bay, South Georgia Island | Hercules Bay, with icebreaker M/V Polar Star at anchor, below the steep mountains of South Georgia Island. Image ID: 24419 Location: Hercules Bay, South Georgia Island |
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| King penguins gather in a steam to molt, below a waterfall on a cobblestone beach at Hercules Bay. Image ID: 24557 Species: King penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus Location: Hercules Bay, South Georgia Island | Brown skua in grass. Image ID: 24585 Species: Brown skua, Stercorarius antarctica Location: Stromness Harbour, South Georgia Island | Glacial melt waters, runoff, flows across an alluvial flood plain between mountains, on its way to Stromness Bay. Image ID: 24587 Location: Stromness Harbour, South Georgia Island |
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| Shackleton Falls, named for explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton, formed from glacial meltwaters, near Stromness Bay. Image ID: 24588 Location: Stromness Harbour, South Georgia Island | A hiker ascends the slopes of South Georgia Island above Fortuna Bay. Image ID: 24591 Location: Fortuna Bay, South Georgia Island | A curious Antarctic fur seal pup on the beach at Godthul. Image ID: 24705 Species: Antarctic Fur Seal, Arctocephalus gazella Location: Godthul, South Georgia Island |
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| Northern giant petrel scavenging a fur seal carcass. Giant petrels will often feed on carrion, defending it in a territorial manner from other petrels and carrion feeders. Image ID: 23683 Species: Northern giant petrel, Macronectes halli Location: Right Whale Bay, South Georgia Island | Antarctic fur seal, juveniles or females. Image ID: 24319 Species: Antarctic Fur Seal, Arctocephalus gazella Location: Right Whale Bay, South Georgia Island | A colony of Antarctic fur seals, with the adult male (bull) in the center of his harem of females and juvenile fur seals. Image ID: 24326 Species: Antarctic Fur Seal, Arctocephalus gazella Location: Right Whale Bay, South Georgia Island |
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| Antarctic fur seal carcass, lying on pebble beach. Dead fur seals are quickly scavenged by giant petrels, leaving the pelt and skeleton of the dead fur seal. Image ID: 24327 Species: Antarctic Fur Seal, Arctocephalus gazella Location: Right Whale Bay, South Georgia Island | Adult male bull Antarctic fur seal, amid his harem of females and juvenile fur seals. Image ID: 24332 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: 24428 Species: Wandering albatross, Diomedea exulans Location: Prion Island, South Georgia Island |
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| 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: 24429 Species: Wandering albatross, Diomedea exulans Location: Prion Island, South Georgia Island | King penguin at Salisbury Plain, Bay of Isles, South Georgia Island. Image ID: 24437 Species: King penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus Location: Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island | King penguin, mated pair courting, displaying courtship behavior including mutual preening. Image ID: 24438 Species: King penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus Location: Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island |
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| King penguins at Salisbury Plain, Bay of Isles, South Georgia Island. Hundreds of thousands of 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: 24439 Species: King penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus Location: Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island | 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: 24444 Species: King penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus Location: Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island | Photographer overlooking the vast king penguin colony at Salisbury Plain, with over 100,000 pairs of king penguins. Image ID: 24445 Species: King penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus Location: Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island |
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| King penguins at Salisbury Plain. Image ID: 24446 Species: King penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus Location: Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island | 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: 24448 Species: King penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus Location: Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island | 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: 24449 Species: King penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus Location: Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island |
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