Wildlife

Photos of Antarctica wildlife

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
Santa Clause Penguin
Antarctic Skua, acting aggressively in a territorial display.
Skua aggressive challenge penguin Antarctica Cape bird Ross Island South Pole ice Anthony Powell McMurdo Station Scott Base Antarctic Antz gull
Skuas Flying Head
Skuas making off with stolen Adelie Penguin egg. Skuas will often work in pairs when preying on nesting penguins. One will distract the penguin while the other steals the egg.
Skua gull penguin egg flying stolen cape bird Scott Base McMurdo Station Anthony Powell Antz Antarctica South Pole
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
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
Skua flying over the pack ice in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica.
Skua Sea Ice pack
Adelie Penguin footprints in the snow
Penguin Tracks
Skua cruising about at Cape Bird on the lookout for a feeding opportunity
Skua Glide Antarctica Cape Bird
Adelie Penguins returning from feeding (they are clean and shiny).
Adelie Penguins cape bird
Adelie Penguin walking over a thin ice bridge between melt pools at Cape Bird, Antarctica.
Penguin Bridge adelie cape bird antarctica
Adelie Penguins returning from fishing
Cape Bird Penguins
Grumpy penguin
Penguin grumpy
Adelie penguins climbing over the wall of ice that has washed up on the shore at Cape Bird, Antarctica.
Penguin Ice sea climb adelie
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
Adelie Penguin shaking himself dry after returning from a fishing trip.
Adelie penguins at Cape Bird.
Cape bird Penguins
Adelie penguins at the base of the glacier at Cape Bird, Ross Island, Antarctica.
adelie penguins ice glacier antarctica cape bird sea
I am Penguin, hear me roar.
An adelie penguin briefly uncovers it's egg while letting out a series of squarks to show off.
Adleie penguin egg nest colony rookery Anthony Powell Antz Antarctica Cape Bird Ross Island Scott Base McMurdo Station South Pole
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
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
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
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
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
7 Adelie Penguins
Adelie square penguins Antarctica ice
Skua taking a bird bath in the summer glacial melt water
Skua Bird bath galcier Anthony Powell Antz Antarctica Scott Base Cape gull penguin South Pole water ice snow
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
Pair of Emperor Penguins hanging out on the Ross Ice Shelf.
Emperors Backlit emperor penguins ross ice shelf antarctica
Emperor Penguin with the Royal Society Mountains in the background.
Emperor Penguin Antarctica Scott Base McMurdo Station south pole ross ice shelf
Panoramic shot of 3 emperor penguins hanging out on the Ross Ice Shelf, with the Royal Society Ranges in the background.
Emperors Panorama Society Mountains antarctica penguins ross ice shelf
Emperor penguin molting ross ice shelf antarctica
Erebus and Happy Feet
Happy Feet
Happy Feet juvenile emperor penguin Ross Ice shelf Mount Erebus.
Emperor
Emperor Penguin and Mount Erebus
Emperor penguin mount erebus antarctica
Zen Emperor Penguin
Zen Emperor Penguin antarctica relaxing
Emperor Close
Emperor Close Eye
Weddell Seal Crack
Why did the penguin cross the road?
Why did the Emperor Cross Road
Weddell Seal Evans
Weddell seal in the sun at Cape Evans
Weddell Seal Evans
Weddell Relaxing
Weddell Seal basking in the sun at Cape Evans
Weddell Seal Evans
Skua trying to steal one of the penguin chicks from the nest. The parents successfully managed to fend it off this time.
Skua Prowling Penguins
Skua Penguin Chick Steal
Adelie penguin and chick. This one is just about big enough to be able to fend off skua attacks on its own.
Penguin and Chick

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