Antarctic Gallery

Southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina)

Southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) small group resting with the Argentine Sea beyond. Punta Piramide Reserve, Valdes Peninsula, Chubut Province, Northern Patagonia, Argentina

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Large group of photographers at a colony of Chinstrap penguins (Pygoscelis antarctica)

Large group of photographers at a colony of Chinstrap penguins (Pygoscelis antarctica). Orne Islands off Graham Land, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica

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Emperor penguins
Aptenodytes forsteri
research birds in study of the birds behaviour at the moment when the bird must choose to abandon its chick to go to sea to feed itself before its reserves fall too low and put it at risk. The signal for the decision is linked to the moment when the bird must rely on its muscular reserves rather than its fat
Dumont dUrville, Terre Adelie, Antarctica

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