Natural History Photography

Pack ice and brash ice fills the Weddell Sea, near the Antarctic Peninsula. This pack ice is a combination of broken pieces of icebergs, sea ice that has formed on the ocean.
Location: Weddell Sea, Southern Ocean
Image ID: 24790

Zodiac boats, are lowered into the ocean from the ship M/V Polar Star in preparation for a day exploring New Island in the Falklands.
Location: New Island, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom
Image ID: 23708

Don't wear your dirty guano covered clothes inside while on the ship M/V Polar Star or you will stink up the living quarters.
Image ID: 23709

Zodiac boats are stacked on the top deck of the ship M/V Polar Star. They are lowered into the water for passengers to go ashore and explore.
Image ID: 23710

Fortuna Bay, with icebreaker M/V Polar Star at anchor.
Location: Fortuna Bay, South Georgia Island
Image ID: 24596

M/V Polar Star approaches Jenkins Glacier (left), Risting Glacier (center) and a third glacier (right) at the end of Drygalski Fjord.
Location: Drygalski Fjord, South Georgia Island
Image ID: 24699

Photographer making pictures as M/V Polar Star approaches Devil Island.
Location: Devil Island, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica
Image ID: 26372

Birdwatching, on the stern deck of the ship M/V Polar Star. While en route between remote ocean islands such as the Falklands, South Georgia, South Orkneys and South Shetlands, seabirds often fly alongside the boat.
Location: Falkland Islands, United Kingdom
Image ID: 23711

King penguin colony and the Bay of Isles on the northern coast of South Georgia Island. Over 100,000 nesting pairs of king penguins reside here. Dark patches in the colony are groups of juveniles with fluffy brown plumage. The icebreaker M/V Polar Star lies at anchor.
Species: King penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus
Location: Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island
Image ID: 24401

Hercules Bay, with icebreaker M/V Polar Star at anchor, below the steep mountains of South Georgia Island.
Location: Hercules Bay, South Georgia Island
Image ID: 24419

Black-browed albatross in flight. The black-browed albatross is a medium-sized seabird at 31-37" long with a 79-94" wingspan and an average weight of 6.4-10 lb. They have a natural lifespan exceeding 70 years. They breed on remote oceanic islands and are circumpolar, ranging throughout the Southern Ocean.
Species: Black-browed albatross, Thalassarche melanophrys
Location: Falkland Islands, United Kingdom
Image ID: 23716

Black-browed albatross, Steeple Jason Island. The black-browed albatross is a medium-sized seabird at 31-37" long with a 79-94" wingspan and an average weight of 6.4-10 lb. They have a natural lifespan exceeding 70 years. They breed on remote oceanic islands and are circumpolar, ranging throughout the Southern Ocean.
Species: Black-browed albatross, Thalassarche melanophrys
Location: Steeple Jason Island, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom
Image ID: 24109

M/V Polar Star at anchor in a snowstorm, Cooper Bay

M/V Polar Star at anchor in a snowstorm.
Location: Cooper Bay, South Georgia Island
Image ID: 24712

Icebreaker M/V Polar Star, anchored amid pack ice in Cierva Cove.
Location: Cierva Cove, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica
Image ID: 25598

Icebreaker M/V Polar Star, anchored near Peterman Island, Antarctica.
Location: Peterman Island, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica
Image ID: 25606

Wheelhouse of the ship M/V Polar Star, with navigation equipment, helm controls, communications, and a great view.
Image ID: 23713

Observation lounge of the icebreaker ship M/V Polar Star. This is where lectures and happy hours are held.
Image ID: 23714

Sunset viewed through the window of my cabin on the M/V Polar Star, somewhere between Falkland Islands and South Georgia Island.
Location: Southern Ocean
Image ID: 24097

Steeple Jason Island viewed from the M/V Polar Star. Steeple Jason is one of the remote Jason Group of Islands in the West Falklands. Two large mounds of tussock grass, common throughout the Falkland Islands, are seen. Uninhabited, the island is spectacular both for its rugged scenery and its enormous breeding colony of black-browed albatross. Steeple Jason Island is now owned and administered by the Wildlife Conservation Society.
Location: Steeple Jason Island, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom
Image ID: 24285

Icebreaker M/V Polar Star approaches Elsehul harbor on South Georgia Island.
Location: South Georgia Island
Image ID: 24323

M/V Polar Star on its way to Brown Bluff in the Antarctic Sound.
Location: Brown Bluff, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica
Image ID: 24805

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