Earth’s beautiful south through my lens
Gentoo penguins 
King penguin chick 
Gentoo penguins are the fastest underwater swimmers of all penguins 
Chinstrap penguin 
Rockhopper penguin 
Albatross admirable monogamy 
One great wondering albatross passed by 
Hectic seal breeding beaches 
Humpback whales can be identified by their flukes 
Icebergs as big as cathedrals 
Playing and learning how to fight 
Curious … 
Falkland Islands with its largest number of wondering albatrosses in the world 
King Penguins with their glowing orange bibs and ear patches 
They are surely the epitome of loveliness 
South Georgia is a home to millions of King Penguins 
King Penguins travel considerable distances to find food for their chicks 
All of the seals, birds, and penguins that inhabit in the seas around Antarctica need to come ashore to breed 
The sounds and sights of tens of thousands of breeding King Penguins were overwhelming 
Their diet include small fish, squid, krill and plankton which they find at depths of 100-300m 
Winter lasts from May to September, while December to February are the summer months 
Just chilling… 
Powerful and predatory 
Fighting for territories 
Amazing swimmers 
A humpback whale diving in shallow coastal waters 
It’s a magical sight to watch flock of penguins leaping from the water at great speed and arching together through the air 
90% of ice on the planet 
Gentoo penguins have the most prominent tail of all penguin species 
An iceberg or ice mountain is a large piece of freshwater ice that has broken off a glacier or an ice shelf and is floating freely in open water 
Females usually lay a single egg, pass it to the male to look after, then slide off to feed. They won’t be seen again until their eggs hatch 
Soon after, the females return and take over feeding the young with regurgitated food while the males return to the sea to feed 
Swimming is what penguins do best 
Leopard seals can remain under water for 30 minutes, even sleeping under water and resurfacing for air without waking up 
Often you see penguins waddling around 
Adelie penguins dive for several minutes to catch krill and fish, and can go 175m if needed 
The most curious and watchable are the Adelie penguins. They take a great interest in what you are doing on the ice 
They are the most numerous of the Antarctic penguins species with around two million breeding pairs 
Unlike other Antarctic species, leopard seals can breed on a floating pack ice 
Stressed mama protects her egg from skuas 
The male and female share incubation of the egg and bring food to the nestling 
Orca or killer whales typically hunt in pairs or in pods of 50 individuals 
Playful dusky dolphin
Elephant seals spend 90% of their lives at sea 
South Georgia is home to the greatest concentration of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic wildlife on the planet 
In summer, there are 2.2m million of seals crowding the shoreline; they are constantly active even on land, fighting or playing and surprisingly have their ability to run fast on articulated flippers.
Dec 2019 – Jan 2020 cruise
Talk with Tetiana 