Antarctic Images Photo Keywords: adelie

The penguin on the right has just spotted the skua chick on the ground, the adult skua on the left is letting out a warning cry to chase it away.
Adelie Skua Chick
From Wildlife
Adelie Penguin peeking out from behind a chunk of shore ice
Adelie Peekaboo
From Wildlife
Adelie Penguin at Cape Bird looking towards the midnight sun in summer.
Adelie Looking Midnight Sun
From Wildlife
Adelie Penguin sitting in the shade of a piece of ice
Adelie Ice Shade
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Adelie penguin checking out the camera that is recording the penguins in the distance.
Adelie Penguin Panasonic HCX1000 tripod
From Wildlife
The penguins at Cape Bird in the summer midnight sun.
Bird midnight Panorama sun glacier cliff rookery colony nesting adelie
From Panoramas
Cape Bird penguin colony and the Bird Glacier on the northern tip of Ross Island.
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Cape Bird Panorama glacier penguin adelie nest colony
From Panoramas
180 degree panorama of the Cape Bird penguin colony. Approximately 60,000 penguins in this picture.
Cape Bird Panorama penguin adelie breeding nesting colony antarctica
From Panoramas
Shore Ice at Cape Bird. Adelie Penguins can be seen in the background swimming in the Ross Sea feeding.
Cape Bird Panorama shore ice adelie penguin water
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Adelie Penguin headed off to go fishing.
Adelie Going Fishing oenguin square antarctica
From Wildlife
Adelie Penguin with a stone used for building nests
Adelie Stone Stride penguin nest antarctica
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Adelie Penguin mugshot square
Adelie Mug Shot square penguin face
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Adelie penguin takes a flying leap
Adelie Fly penguin ice antarctica
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Adelie Penguin eyeing up a Skua. Skuas feed mostly on penguin chicks.
Adelie eying Skua killer penguin antarctica
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Adelie Penguin chick looking towards parent
Adelie Chick Looking Parent penguin antarctica
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Adelie penguin and chick strike up a duet
Adelie penguin Chick Duet baby antarctica
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Adelie Penguins returning from feeding (they are clean and shiny).
Adelie Penguins cape bird
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7 Adelie Penguins
Adelie square penguins Antarctica ice
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Adelie penguins gather at the edge of the sea, waiting patiently waiting for a safe opportunity to dive in together in a large group to go fishing.
Adelie Penguin cape bird antarctica skua
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Adelie penguins at the base of the glacier at Cape Bird, Ross Island, Antarctica.
adelie penguins ice glacier antarctica cape bird sea
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Splash Inspection. Adelie penguins, not sure whether or not to jump in the water or not look closely after another has just jumped in, trying to decide if it is safe to follow.
Adelie penguin Antarctica Cape Bird Ross Island South Pole ice Anthony Powell McMurdo Station Scott Base Antarctic Antz Plunge Swim splash
From Wildlife
Antarctic Skua approaching in flight.
Skua Adelie penguin Antarctica Cape Bird Ross Island South Pole ice Anthony Powell McMurdo Station Scott Base Antarctic Antz
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Group of Adelie Penguins diving in together to go fishing
Adelie penguin Antarctica Cape Bird Ross Island South Pole ice Anthony Powell McMurdo Station Scott Base Antarctic Antz Plunge Swim
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Penguin Sewer.
This is basically all the stinky run-off from the penguin nesting area. It smells pretty bad.
Adelie Penguin sewer Antarctica Anthony Powell Antz Cape Bird Scott Base McMurdo Station South Pole
From It's a Harsh Continent
Skua eating a dead penguin.
Anthony Powell Antz Antarctica skua adelie penguin dead cold ice scavenger predator cape bird scott base mcmurdo station
From It's a Harsh Continent
Group of adelie penguins begin to dive into the sea together to go fishing. They typically gather in large groups on the shore, then all jump in at the same time to reduce their chances of being eaten by an ocean predator.
Adelie penguin Antarctica Cape Bird Ross Island South Pole ice Anthony Powell McMurdo Station Scott Base Antarctic Antz Plunge Swim
From Wildlife
The first of a group of adelie penguins dives into the ocean, while the others look on.
Adelie penguin Antarctica Cape Bird Ross Island South Pole ice Anthony Powell McMurdo Station Scott Base Antarctic Antz plunge dive swim
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Adelie penguin and newborn chicks. There are actually two of them there, the one on the right has its head tucked in, the one on the left has its body tucked in. These chicks are only a day or so old.
Adelie penguin Antarctica Cape Bird Ross Island South Pole ice Anthony Powell McMurdo Station Scott Base Antarctic Antz chick egg baby hatchling
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Adelie penguin swimming off Cape Bird, porpoising in and out of the water like a dolphin.
Adelie penguin Antarctica Cape Bird Ross Island South Pole ice Anthony Powell McMurdo Station Scott Base Antarctic Antz swimming porpoising fishing
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Dead Adelie Penguin Chick. Only about 20% of the chicks survive, most fall prey to predators such a skuas and leopard seals. The penguin rookeries are littered with the corpses of frozen dead chicks from over the years.
cold dead frozen Antarctica Anthony Powell Antz McMurdo Station Scott Base South Pole winter harsh continent adelie penguin chick
From It's a Harsh Continent
Close up of an Adelie Penguin, showing the blue tips on their black feathers.
Adelie penguin Antarctica Cape Bird Ross Island South Pole ice Anthony Powell Mcmurdo Station Scott Base Antarctic
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Close up detail of an Adelie Penguin. The black feathers on an adelie actually have blue tips on them, as can be seen in the detail here.
Adelie penguin Antarctica Cape Bird Ross Island South Pole ice Anthony Powell Mcmurdo Station Scott Base Antarctic
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Young Adelie Penguins at Cape Bird in late January. These chicks are nearly fully grown, and will head out to sea in a few weeks if they survive.
adelie penguin Antarctica ice Antarctic South Pole Scott Base McMurdo Station Anthony Powell Antz chicks
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Group of Adelie Penguins diving in together to go feed at sea.
Adelie plunge penguin Antarctica ice iceberg Cape Bird sea Antarctic South Pole Scott Base McMurdo Station Anthony Powell Antz
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Adelie Penguins floating by on an Ice Berg off Cape Bird.
adelie berg penguin Antarctica ice iceberg Cape Bird sea Antarctic South Pole Scott Base McMurdo Station Anthony Powell Antz global warming
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