1112-638 - Antarctic fur seal (Arctocephalus gazella) amongst remains of the abandoned Stromness Whaling Station, South Georgia Island, South Atlantic Ocean, Polar Regions
1112-643 - Antarctic fur seal (Arctocephalus gazella) in the snow at Grytviken Whaling Station, South Georgia Island, South Atlantic Ocean, Polar Regions
1034-137 - South polar skua (Catharacta maccormicki) chick about to fledge, will have much lighter plumage cf to Brown skua, Ross Sea, Antarctica, Southern Ocean
979-5010 - Adult Black-browed albatross (Thalassarche melanophrys) on the wing in the Drake Passage between South America and Antarctica, Southern Ocean
979-4952 - Point Wild on Elephant Island, heavy storm clouds and ice choked waters, Elephant Island, South Shetland Islands, Southern Ocean, Antarctica
979-5009 - Adult Black-browed albatross (Thalassarche melanophrys) on the wing in the Drake Passage between South America and Antarctica, Southern Ocean
979-7910 - Guests from the Lindblad Expedition ship National Geographic Explorer lay in the relatively warm waters of the caldera at Deception Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica
979-4395 - Views of the Drake Passage, the body of water between the southern tip of South America at Cape Horn, Chile and the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica
979-4551 - The Lindblad Expedition ship National Geographic Explorer transits Lemaire Channel in late evening light on the west side of the Antarctic peninsula in Antarctica
979-7774 - Reflections in calm water photographed from the Lindblad Expedition Ship National Geographic Explorer operating in Antarctica, Southern Ocean.
979-7412 - Adult female leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) stalking, then killing and eating an adult gentoo penguin in Paradise Bay, Antarctica, Southern Ocean
979-7763 - Guests from the Lindblad Expedition ship National Geographic Explorer take the Polar Plunge off ice floe in the Weddell Sea, Antarctica, Southern Ocean
979-4572 - The Lindblad Expedition ship National Geographic Explorer transits Lemaire Channel in late evening light on the west side of the Antarctic peninsula in Antarctica
979-9175 - A small pod of about 25 "Type B" killer whales (Orcinus orca) south of the Antarctic Circle near the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, Southern Ocean
979-9357 - Lindblad Expeditions guests on board the National Geographic Explorer with a lone adult emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) on sea ice, Antarctica
979-7909 - Flat calm conditions in Crystal Sound, south of the Antarctic Circle, Antarctica, Southern Ocean. MORE INFO This area is full of flat first year sea ice, well developed icebergs, with many open leads.
979-4347 - Wandering albatross (Diomedea exulans) on the wing in the Drake Passage between the tip of South America and the Antarctic Peninsula, Southern ocean
979-9427 - Lindblad Expeditions staff member Lisa Trotter next to a HUGE adult male leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) hauled out on the beach at Salisbury Plains in the Bay of Isles, Southern Ocean
979-4981 - Views of landscape around Stromness Whaling Station at 54¡9'S 6¡41'W on the northern coast of South Georgia Island in the Southern Ocean
979-7759 - Guests from the Lindblad Expedition ship National Geographic Explorer take the Polar Plunge off ice floe in the Weddell Sea, Antarctica, Southern Ocean
979-4356 - Views of Deception Island, an island in the South Shetland Islands off the Antarctic Peninsula which has one of the safest harbours in Antarctica.
979-4548 - The Lindblad Expedition ship National Geographic Explorer transits Lemaire Channel in late evening light on the west side of the Antarctic peninsula in Antarctica
979-7379 - 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.
979-4562 - The Lindblad Expedition ship National Geographic Explorer transits Lemaire Channel in late evening light on the west side of the Antarctic peninsula in Antarctica