917-273 - Hourglass Dolphin, Lagenorhynchus cruciger, Female Dolphin porpoising, Drake Passage, Southern Ocean. Females of this species can be identified by the smaller less-hooked dorsal fin and the lack of a post-anal keel.
917-276 - Northern Rockhopper Penguins, Eudyptes moseleyi, endangered, endemic to the Tristan Da Cunha island group, taken from a Zodiac at Gough Island (landing is not allowed on Gough Island itself), South Atlantic Ocean.
917-241 - Leucistic Antarctic Fur Seal pup, Arctocephalus gazella, South Georgia, South Atlantic Ocean. Leucism is a general term for the phenotype resulting from defects in pigment cell differentiation and/or migration from the neural crest to skin, hair or feathers . This results in either the entire body surface or patches of the body surface having a lack of cells capable of making pigment.
917-272 - Hourglass Dolphin, Lagenorhynchus cruciger, Male Dolphin breaching at great speed, Drake Passage, Southern Ocean. Males of this species can be identified by the huge hooked dorsal fin and post-anal keel.
917-248 - King Penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus, with the mountains of South Georgia in the background, Salisbury Plain, South Georgia, South Atlantic Ocean.
917-271 - Hourglass Dolphin, Lagenorhynchus cruciger, Male Dolphin breaching at great speed, Drake Passage, Southern Ocean. Males of this species can be identified by the huge hooked dorsal fin and post-anal keel.
921-894 - Local inuit man, in freezer house pointing to Polar Bear skins. Kangiqsujuaq, Quebec, Nunavik, Canada, North America .Everything from Arctic Char (fish) to Reindeer, Polarbear and whale meat is stored in the freezer house, in which certain town members can access and store hunted foods and skins. Polar bears often come into the local communities, if one is a persistent threat, they will kill it. Individuals can also hunt polar bears on quota.
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
917-240 - Leucistic Antarctic Fur Seal pup, Arctocephalus gazella, amongst normally coloured animals, South Georgia, South Atlantic Ocean. Leucism is a general term for the phenotype resulting from defects in pigment cell differentiation and/or migration from the neural crest to skin, hair or feathers . This results in either the entire surface or patches of the body surface having a lack of cells capable of making pigment.
921-893 - Local Inuit man, in freezer house. Kangiqsujuaq, Quebec, Nunavik, Canada, North America .Everything from Arctic Char (fish) to Reindeer, Polarbear and whale meat is stored in the freezer house, in which certain town members can access and store hunted foods and skins.
917-249 - King Penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus, displaying, with the mountains of South Georgia in the background, Salisbury Plain, South Georgia, South Atlantic Ocean.
921-866 - Local Inuit performing Kayak demonstration in arctic water. Sisimiut, Holsteinsborg, Qeqqata Municipality, Greenland (Denmark), North America
917-252 - King Penguins, Aptenodytes patagonicus, with the mountains of South Georgia in the background, Salisbury Plain, South Georgia, South Atlantic Ocean.
979-7118 - Adult Imperial Shag (Phalacrocorax (atriceps) atriceps) from breeding colony on offshore islets in the Beagle Channel, coastal southern Chile and Argentina
979-7495 - Adult bull with adult female southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) on Torgesen Island just outside Palmer Station in Port Arthur, Antarctica
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.
979-7005 - First winter coloration Bonaparte's gull (Larus philadelphia) in flight over the calm waters of Fresh Water Bay on Chichagof Island in Southeastern Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean.
979-7014 - The Lindblad Expeditions ship National Geographic Sea Bird operating Zodiacs in Southeast Alaska, USA. No property or model release available for this image.
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