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antarctica
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Adelie Penguin
This was the only Adelie Penguin amidst a colony of Gentoo Penguins at Damoy Point, Antarctica. It had a tendency to follow people around, even sneaking up on them!- AndyII
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- Category: New Zealand, Southern Oceans, Antarctica
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Southern Giant-Petrel
Of the two species of Giant-Petrel, only the Southern occurs in a white morph. These white birds, locally called "White Nellies" comprise less than 10% of the population with the vast majority on the Antarctic mainland. Thus we were pleased to see this apparent adult near Elephant Island and...- jmorlan
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Chinstrap Penguin
These are adults. Immatures are similar but have dusky facial freckling and the eye blends with the dark cap. This penguin has a southern circumpolar distribution. Its diet is primarily Antarctic Krill which has exploded recently leading to significant penguin population increases. The Chinstrap...- jmorlan
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Gentoo Penguin
Swimming and porpoising. They are said to be the fastest of the world's penguins reaching swimming speeds of 22 MPH.- jmorlan
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Southern Giant-Petrel
Scapulars raised blowing in the wind. Sometimes called Giant Fulmar, this is a dark morph adult with a white head. Immatures have dark heads. Note the pale bill tip as opposed to the dark reddish bill tip of the similar Northern Giant-Petrel posted earlier. Southern are marginally larger than...- jmorlan
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Cape Petrel
These boldly patterned fulmarine petrels followed our ship. They are called Cape Petrels except in the Cape Region of South Africa, where they are called Pintado Petrels. They are in their own genus, "Daption," an anagram of "Pintado" which means painted. This is presumably nominate "D. c...- jmorlan
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Southern Fulmar
Replacing the similar and more familiar Northern Fulmar in southern oceans and Antarctica, this species has a much slimmer bill than its northern cousin. Also this fulmar only occurs in a light morph. The two species combine to form a superspecies.- jmorlan
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southern fulmar in flight (antarctica)
t is largely pale grey above and white below with a distinctive white patch on the wing.- Neil
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About the size of a pigeon, entirely white with black bill and bluish feet.- Neil
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Emperor Penguin
Immature Emperor Penguin - one of three seen on the same ice flow- Jeff Hopkins
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Antarctic Shag (Phalacrocorax bransfieldensis)
Antarctic Shag (Phalacrocorax bransfieldensis) at Jougla Point, Wiencke Island, Antarctica- Dave Clark
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Antarctic Shag (Phalacrocorax bransfieldensis)
Antarctic Shag (Phalacrocorax bransfieldensis) and Juveniles at Jougla Point, Wiencke Island, Antarctica- Dave Clark
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Cape Petrel (Daption capense)
A Cape Petrel (Daption capense) also called Cape Pigeon or Pintado Petrel at Paradise Harbor, Antarctica- Dave Clark
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Just another beautiful day in Paradise
Just another beautiful day in Paradise Harbor, Antarctica- Dave Clark
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Gentoo Penguin (Pygoscelis papua)
A Gentoo Penguin, Pygoscelis papua, swims out to welcome us to Neko Harbor, Antarctica- Dave Clark
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Antarctic Sunset
Antarctic Sunset from Wilhelmina Bay, Antarctica- Dave Clark
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South Polar Skua (Stercorarius maccormicki)
South Polar Skua (Stercorarius maccormicki) on Devil Island, Antarctica- Dave Clark
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Adlie Penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae)
Adlie Penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae) marching along the beach at Brown Bluff, Antarctica- Dave Clark
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Kelp Gull (Larus dominicanus)
Kelp Gull (Larus dominicanus) at Brown Bluff, Antarctica- Dave Clark
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Adlie Penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae)
Adlie Penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) on the beach at Brown Bluff, Antarctica- Dave Clark
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Penguin Highway, Adelie Penguins, pygoscelis adeliae
Adelie Penguins, pygoscelis adeliae, on the main Penguin Highway at Cape Adare, Ross Sea, Antarctica. These little guys go 2-3 kilometres to go fishing so they can feed their chicks. They have this long walk to get to the edge of the fast ice. Across the bay are multiple galciers slowly grinding...- Carole-Anne
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Adelie Penguin Colony, Pygoscelis adeliae
Carsten Borchgrevinks (1898 1900) hut at Cape Adare surrounded by the largest Adelie Penguin, pygoscelis adeliae, rookery in Antarctica, The Trans Antarctic Mountains and the Ross Sea. Carsten Borchgrevink (1898 1900) returned to Antarctica in the "Southern Cross" and he and seven others were...- Carole-Anne
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Adelie Procession Sequence, Image 4
Adelie Procession Sequence showing a group of Adelie Penguins, pygoscelis adeliae, gathering together to cross a frozen pool in the pressure ridges in the sea ice at Cape Hallett, Ross Sea, Antarctica. Because this frozen pool was different from the regular environment they were very diffident...- Carole-Anne
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Adelie Procession Sequence, Image 3
Adelie Procession Sequence showing a group of Adelie Penguins, pygoscelis adeliae, gathering together to cross a frozen pool in the pressure ridges in the sea ice at Cape Hallett, Ross Sea , Antarctica. Because this frozen pool was different from the regular environment they were very diffident...- Carole-Anne
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