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King Penguins at Salisbury Plain, South Georgia (island).
A sooty albatross (Phoebetria fusca) soars above the southern Atlantic Ocean near the Falkland Islands. Unlike many other albatross species, the sooty albatross - listed as endangered bu IUCN - is most threatened not by longline fishing but rather by domestic cats eating eggs and chicks in its traditional nesting habitats.
A Brocken spectre of the bow of the M.S. Endeavour as it cruises at night through the South Atlantic Ocean toward South Georgia.
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Naturalist Tom Ritchie points out stars and landmarks from the deck of the M.S. Endeavour as it sails through rough seas in the South Atlantic from Puerto Madryn, Argentina, to South Georgia.
A Cape Petrel (Daption capense) glides over the churning waters of the South Atlantic Ocean off the coast of South Georgia.
A massive iceberg broken off from the Larsen Ice Shelf in Antarctica floats in open waters of the South Atlantic Ocean near South Georgia.
A Black-browed albatross flies in front of a massive iceberg broken off from the Larsen Ice Shelf in Antarctica floats in open waters of the South Atlantic Ocean near South Georgia.
A pair of king penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) at their nest outside the old whaling station of Grytviken, island of South Georgia.
A southern elephant seal relaxes on the beach on South Georgia (island).
King penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) at Gold Harbor, South Georgia.
Oakum boys, the chicks of King Penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus), at Salisbury Plain, South Georgia.
King penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) colony at Salisbury Plain, South Georgia.
A king penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) with an iceberg behind at Gold Harbor, South Georgia.