979-7365 - 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.
979-7109 - An adult Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax falklandicus) foraging at low tide on Carcass Island in the Falkland Islands, South Atlantic Ocean
979-7065 - Antarctic Fur Seal (Arctocephalus gazella) resting inside abandoned machinery at Whalers Bay inside the caldera at Deception Island near the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, Southern Ocean
979-7421 - Adult female leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) stalking, then killing and eating an adult gentoo penguin in Paradise Bay, Antarctica, Southern Ocean
979-7372 - 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.
979-7078 - Adult cape petrel (Daption capense) on the wing in huge surf at Point Wild on Elephant Island, South Shetland Islands, near the Antarctic peninsula
979-7184 - Adult Black-browed albatross (Thalassarche melanophrys) taking flight at breeding colony on New Island in the Falkland Islands, Southern Atlantic Ocean
979-7340 - The Lindblad Expeditions ship National Geographic Explorer pushes through ice in Crystal Sound, south of the Antarctic Circle, Antarctica, Southern Ocean
979-7186 - Black-browed albatross (Thalassarche melanophrys) chick on nest at breeding colony on New Island in the Falkland Islands, Southern Atlantic Ocean
979-7427 - Adult female leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) stalking, then killing and eating an adult gentoo penguin in Paradise Bay, Antarctica, Southern Ocean
979-7050 - Brown Bear (Ursus arctos) fishing for pink salmon near the salmon weir at Pavlof Harbor on Chichagof Island in Southeast Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean.
979-7001 - Staff member Lee Moll from the Lindblad Expeditions ship National Geographic Sea Bird kayaking in Southeast Alaska, USA. No model or property releases available for this image.
979-6976 - The Lindblad Expeditions ship National Geographic Sea Bird operating in Southeast Alaska, USA. No property or model release available for this image.
979-6984 - Hamatsa dancers from the Kwakwa_ka_'wakw first nations people in Alert Bay, British Columbia, Canada. No model or property releases for this image.
979-7622 - A small pod of 6 to 8 Type B killer whales (Orcinus nanus) in dense first year sea ice south of the Antarctic Circle near Adelaide Island, Gullet, Antarctica, Southern Ocean
979-6986 - Adult pigeon guillemot (Cepphus columba) in breeding plumage with a capelin in its beak in Chatham Strait, Southeast Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean.
979-7419 - Adult female leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) stalking, then killing and eating an adult gentoo penguin in Paradise Bay, Antarctica, Southern Ocean
979-7338 - The Lindblad Expeditions ship National Geographic Explorer pushes through ice in Crystal Sound, south of the Antarctic Circle, Antarctica, Southern Ocean
979-7624 - A small pod of 6 to 8 Type B killer whales (Orcinus nanus) in dense first year sea ice south of the Antarctic Circle near Adelaide Island, Antarctica, Southern Ocean.
979-7002 - Expedition leader David Cothran from the Lindblad Expeditions ship National Geographic Sea Bird kayaking in Southeast Alaska, USA. No model or property releases available for this image.
979-7426 - Adult female leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) stalking, then killing and eating an adult gentoo penguin in Paradise Bay, Antarctica, Southern Ocean
979-6981 - Hamatsa dancers from the Kwakwa_ka_'wakw first nations people in Alert Bay, British Columbia, Canada. No model or property releases for this image.
979-7415 - Adult female leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) stalking, then killing and eating an adult gentoo penguin in Paradise Bay, Antarctica, Southern Ocean
979-7381 - Blizzard conditions cause the ocean's surface to begin to freeze in Dahlmann Bay, Antarctica, Southern Ocean. MORE INFO First signs of grease ice as the surface of the sea begins to freeze.