909-220 - Northern Giant Petrel (Macronectes halli) scaring off a big group of Gentoo Penguin (Pygoscelis papua) chicks. Livingston Island, Antarctic Peninsula
917-242 - Leopard Seal, Hydrurga leptonyx, more commonly seen hauled out on ice further South, this is a rare sighting on a South Georgia beach, South Atlantic Ocean
979-2231 - The Lindblad expedition ship National Geographic Endeavour operating with it's fleet of Zodiacs in and around the Antarctic peninsula, Antarctica.
979-4952 - Point Wild on Elephant Island, heavy storm clouds and ice choked waters, Elephant Island, South Shetland Islands, Southern Ocean, Antarctica
979-4700 - Natural history staff from the Lindblad Expedition ship National Geographic Explorer doing various things in and around the Antarctic Peninsula
979-2394 - Chinstrap penguin (Pygoscelis antarctica) colony on Bailey Head on Deception Island in the South Shetland Islands near the Antarctic Peninsula
979-7373 - Full moon (plus 1 day) rising over icebergs in the Weddell Sea, Antarctica. MORE INFO This moonrise occurred on January 1, 2010, the night after the blue moon full of December 31, 2009.
979-2239 - Iceberg detail in and around the Antarctic Peninsula during the summer months. More icebergs are being created as global warming is causing the breakup of major ice shelves and glaciers.
979-1610 - Adult Adelie penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae) tobogganing on an ice floe in the Weddell Sea, Antarctica. This penguin species is totally dependant on ice.
979-7079 - Wandering albatross (Diomedea exulans) on the wing in the Drake Passage between the tip of South America and the Antarctic Peninsula, Southern ocean
979-9120 - Adult southern rockhopper penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome chrysocome) at breeding and molting colony on New Island in the Falkland Islands, South Atlantic Ocean
979-1794 - Adult Black-browed albatross (Thalassarche melanophrys) on the wing in the Drake Passage between South America and Antarctica, Southern Ocean.
979-3990 - The Lindblad Expedition ship National Geographic Endeavour operating in Whalers Bay inside the caldera of Deception Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica