Antarctica photos

A crabeater seal, hauled out on pack ice to rest. Crabeater seals reach 2m and 200kg in size, with females being slightly larger than males. Crabeaters are the most abundant species of seal in the world, with as many as 75 million individuals. Despite its name, 80% the crabeater seal's diet consists of Antarctic krill. They have specially adapted teeth to strain the small krill from the water.
Species: Crabeater seal, Lobodon carcinophagus
Location: Neko Harbor, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica
Image ID: 25665  

A glacier fractures and cracks, as the leading of a glacier fractures and cracks as it reaches the ocean. The pieces will float away to become icebergs.
Location: Neko Harbor, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica
Image ID: 25741  

The edge of the fast ice along the shore, near Paulet Island.
Location: Paulet Island, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica
Image ID: 24788  

Iceberg with scalloped erosion. The eroded indentations on this iceberg were melted when this portion of the iceberg was underwater. As it melted, the iceberg grew topheavy, eventually flipping and exposing this interesting surface.
Location: Paulet Island, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica
Image ID: 24789  

Crested snow patterns along the slopes of Devil Island.
Location: Devil Island, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica
Image ID: 24879  

A group of Adelie penguins, on packed snow.
Species: Adelie penguin, Pygoscelis adeliae
Location: Paulet Island, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica
Image ID: 25021  

Antarctic icebergs, sculpted by ocean tides into fantastic shapes.
Location: Cierva Cove, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica
Image ID: 25502  

Icicles and melting ice, hanging from the edge of an blue iceberg. Is this the result of climate change and global warming?.
Location: Brown Bluff, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica
Image ID: 24800  

Small ice floe with penguins, with a large tabular iceberg in the distance, Antarctic Sound.
Location: Antarctic Sound, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica
Image ID: 24807  

Iceberg with scalloped erosion. The eroded indentations on this iceberg were melted when this portion of the iceberg was underwater. As it melted, the iceberg grew topheavy, eventually flipping and exposing this interesting surface.
Location: Paulet Island, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica
Image ID: 24828  

Blue iceberg detail.
Location: Paulet Island, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica
Image ID: 24835  

Sunrise in the South Shetland Islands, near Deception Island.
Location: Deception Island, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica
Image ID: 25459  

Distant icebergs, mountains, clouds, ocean at dawn, in the South Shetland Islands, near Deception Island.
Location: Deception Island, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica
Image ID: 25460  

Zodiac cruising in Antarctica. Tourists enjoy the pack ice and towering glaciers of Cierva Cove on the Antarctic Peninsula.
Location: Cierva Cove, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica
Image ID: 25529  

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

Lemaire Channel: mountains, sea, ice and clouds, Antarctica. The Lemaire Channel, one of the most scenic places on the Antarctic Peninsula, is a straight 11 km long and only 1.6 km wide at its narrowest point.
Location: Lemaire Channel, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica
Image ID: 25622  

Southern elephant seal.
Species: Southern elephant seal, Mirounga leonina
Location: Livingston Island, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica
Image ID: 25914  

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

Ice, ocean, clouds and sun, Antarctica.
Location: Antarctic Sound, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica
Image ID: 24814  

Icebreaker M/V Polar Star near Devil Island, sunrise.
Location: Devil Island, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica
Image ID: 24819  

Landing ashore at Paulet Island, in an inflatable, at sunset.
Location: Paulet Island, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica
Image ID: 24826  

Visitors enjoy an inflatable ride through the strange environs of a bizarrely-shaped iceberg, on a cloudy day.
Location: Brown Bluff, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica
Image ID: 24995  

Southern humpback whale in Antarctica, with significant diatomaceous growth (brown) on the underside of its fluke, lifting its fluke before diving in Cierva Cove, Antarctica.
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Cierva Cove, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica
Image ID: 25497  

Gentoo penguin portrait.
Species: Gentoo penguin, Pygoscelis papua
Location: Cuverville Island, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica
Image ID: 25505  

Scenery in Antarctica. Clouds, ocean and glaciers, near Port Lockroy.
Location: Port Lockroy, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica
Image ID: 25608  

Sun peeks through a hole in ice along the shore of Paulet Island.
Location: Paulet Island, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica
Image ID: 24832  

Melting ice along the shore of Paulet Island.
Location: Paulet Island, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica
Image ID: 24833  

Chinstrap penguins at Bailey Head, Deception Island. Chinstrap penguins enter and exit the surf on the black sand beach at Bailey Head on Deception Island. Bailey Head is home to one of the largest colonies of chinstrap penguins in the world.
Species: Chinstrap penguin, Pygoscelis antarcticus
Location: Deception Island, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica
Image ID: 25453  

Humpback whale lunge feeding on Antarctic krill, with mouth open and baleen visible. The humbpack's pink throat grooves are seen as its pleated throat becomes fully distended as the whale fills its mouth with krill and water. The water will be pushed out, while the baleen strains and retains the small krill.
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Gerlache Strait, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica
Image ID: 25649  

Southern elephant seal watches gentoo penguin.
Species: Gentoo penguin, Southern elephant seal, Mirounga leonina, Pygoscelis papua
Location: Livingston Island, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica
Image ID: 25915