Southern Ocean photos

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Panorama of Devil Island in Antarctica
Panorama of Devil Island in Antarctica.
Location: Devil Island, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica
Image ID: 26303  
Panorama dimensions: 3325 x 26885
Iceberg and mountain panorama, cloudy morning, Paradise Bay
Iceberg and mountain panorama, cloudy morning.
Location: Paradise Bay, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica
Image ID: 26311  
Panorama dimensions: 3385 x 15334
Wandering albatross in flight, over the open sea. The wandering albatross has the largest wingspan of any living bird, with the wingspan between, up to 12' from wingtip to wingtip. It can soar on the open ocean for hours at a time, riding the updrafts from individual swells, with a glide ratio of 22 units of distance for every unit of drop. The wandering albatross can live up to 23 years. They hunt at night on the open ocean for cephalopods, small fish, and crustaceans. The survival of the species is at risk due to mortality from long-line fishing gear, Diomedea exulans
Wandering albatross in flight, over the open sea. The wandering albatross has the largest wingspan of any living bird, with the wingspan between, up to 12' from wingtip to wingtip. It can soar on the open ocean for hours at a time, riding the updrafts from individual swells, with a glide ratio of 22 units of distance for every unit of drop. The wandering albatross can live up to 23 years. They hunt at night on the open ocean for cephalopods, small fish, and crustaceans. The survival of the species is at risk due to mortality from long-line fishing gear.
Species: Wandering albatross, Diomedea exulans
Location: Southern Ocean
Image ID: 24070  
Wandering albatross in flight, over the open sea. The wandering albatross has the largest wingspan of any living bird, with the wingspan between, up to 12' from wingtip to wingtip. It can soar on the open ocean for hours at a time, riding the updrafts from individual swells, with a glide ratio of 22 units of distance for every unit of drop. The wandering albatross can live up to 23 years. They hunt at night on the open ocean for cephalopods, small fish, and crustaceans. The survival of the species is at risk due to mortality from long-line fishing gear, Diomedea exulans
Wandering albatross in flight, over the open sea. The wandering albatross has the largest wingspan of any living bird, with the wingspan between, up to 12' from wingtip to wingtip. It can soar on the open ocean for hours at a time, riding the updrafts from individual swells, with a glide ratio of 22 units of distance for every unit of drop. The wandering albatross can live up to 23 years. They hunt at night on the open ocean for cephalopods, small fish, and crustaceans. The survival of the species is at risk due to mortality from long-line fishing gear.
Species: Wandering albatross, Diomedea exulans
Location: Southern Ocean
Image ID: 24092  
Black-browed albatross, in flight, Thalassarche melanophrys, Scotia Sea
Black-browed albatross, in flight.
Species: Black-browed albatross, Thalassarche melanophrys
Location: Scotia Sea, Southern Ocean
Image ID: 24685  
Pintado petrel in flight, Daption capense, Scotia Sea
Pintado petrel in flight.
Species: Pintado petrel, Daption capense
Location: Scotia Sea, Southern Ocean
Image ID: 24693  
Clouds, weather and light mix in neverending forms over the open ocean of Scotia Sea, in the Southern Ocean
Clouds, weather and light mix in neverending forms over the open ocean of Scotia Sea, in the Southern Ocean.
Location: Scotia Sea, Southern Ocean
Image ID: 24759  
Tabular iceberg in the Antarctic Sound
Tabular iceberg in the Antarctic Sound.
Location: Antarctic Sound, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica
Image ID: 24783  
Tabular iceberg in the Antarctic Sound
Tabular iceberg in the Antarctic Sound.
Location: Antarctic Sound, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica
Image ID: 24784  
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
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  
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
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: 24792  
Tabular iceberg. The edge of a huge tabular iceberg. Tabular icebergs can be dozens or hundreds of miles in size, have flat tops and sheer sides, Scotia Sea
Tabular iceberg. The edge of a huge tabular iceberg. Tabular icebergs can be dozens or hundreds of miles in size, have flat tops and sheer sides.
Location: Scotia Sea, Southern Ocean
Image ID: 24793  
Iceberg detail, at sea among the South Orkney Islands, Coronation Island, Southern Ocean
Iceberg detail, at sea among the South Orkney Islands.
Location: Coronation Island, South Orkney Islands, Southern Ocean
Image ID: 24794  
Iceberg detail, at sea among the South Orkney Islands, Coronation Island, Southern Ocean
Iceberg detail, at sea among the South Orkney Islands.
Location: Coronation Island, South Orkney Islands, Southern Ocean
Image ID: 24795  
Iceberg, ocean, light and clouds. Light plays over icebergs and the ocean near Coronation Island
Iceberg, ocean, light and clouds. Light plays over icebergs and the ocean near Coronation Island.
Location: Coronation Island, South Orkney Islands, Southern Ocean
Image ID: 24796  
Adelie penguins leaping into the ocean from an iceberg, Pygoscelis adeliae, Brown Bluff
Adelie penguins leaping into the ocean from an iceberg.
Species: Adelie penguin, Pygoscelis adeliae
Location: Brown Bluff, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica
Image ID: 25010  
Adelie penguins leaping into the ocean from an iceberg, Pygoscelis adeliae, Brown Bluff
Adelie penguins leaping into the ocean from an iceberg.
Species: Adelie penguin, Pygoscelis adeliae
Location: Brown Bluff, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica
Image ID: 25011  
Adelie penguins walking on a stone beach, Pygoscelis adeliae, Brown Bluff
Adelie penguins walking on a stone beach.
Species: Adelie penguin, Pygoscelis adeliae
Location: Brown Bluff, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica
Image ID: 25012  
A curious Adelie penguin, standing at the edge of an iceberg, looks over the photographer, Pygoscelis adeliae, Paulet Island
A curious Adelie penguin, standing at the edge of an iceberg, looks over the photographer.
Species: Adelie penguin, Pygoscelis adeliae
Location: Paulet Island, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica
Image ID: 25016  
A tiny Adelie penguin stands atop an iceberg, Pygoscelis adeliae, Paulet Island
A tiny Adelie penguin stands atop an iceberg.
Species: Adelie penguin, Pygoscelis adeliae
Location: Paulet Island, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica
Image ID: 25017  
Adelie penguins, in a line, standing on an iceberg, Pygoscelis adeliae, Paulet Island
Adelie penguins, in a line, standing on an iceberg.
Species: Adelie penguin, Pygoscelis adeliae
Location: Paulet Island, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica
Image ID: 25018  
A group of Adelie penguins, on packed snow, Pygoscelis adeliae, Paulet Island
A group of Adelie penguins, on packed snow.
Species: Adelie penguin, Pygoscelis adeliae
Location: Paulet Island, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica
Image ID: 25019  
Adelie penguin chicks, huddle together in a snowstorm for warmth and protection. This group of chicks is known as a creche, Pygoscelis adeliae, Shingle Cove, Coronation Island, South Orkney Islands, Southern Ocean
Adelie penguin chicks, huddle together in a snowstorm for warmth and protection. This group of chicks is known as a creche.
Species: Adelie penguin, Pygoscelis adeliae
Location: Shingle Cove, Coronation Island, South Orkney Islands, Southern Ocean
Image ID: 25026  
Southern giant petrel kills and eats an Adelie penguin chick, Shingle Cove, Macronectes giganteus, Coronation Island, South Orkney Islands, Southern Ocean
Southern giant petrel kills and eats an Adelie penguin chick, Shingle Cove.
Species: Southern giant petrel, Macronectes giganteus
Location: Shingle Cove, Coronation Island, South Orkney Islands, Southern Ocean
Image ID: 25027  
Adelie penguins rush into the water en masse, from the cobblestone beach at Shingle Cove on Coronation Island, Pygoscelis adeliae
Adelie penguins rush into the water en masse, from the cobblestone beach at Shingle Cove on Coronation Island.
Species: Adelie penguin, Pygoscelis adeliae
Location: Shingle Cove, Coronation Island, South Orkney Islands, Southern Ocean
Image ID: 25028  
Southern elephant seal, juvenile. The southern elephant seal is the largest pinniped, and the largest member of order Carnivora, ever to have existed. It gets its name from the large proboscis (nose) it has when it has grown to adulthood, Mirounga leonina, Shingle Cove, Coronation Island, South Orkney Islands, Southern Ocean
Southern elephant seal, juvenile. The southern elephant seal is the largest pinniped, and the largest member of order Carnivora, ever to have existed. It gets its name from the large proboscis (nose) it has when it has grown to adulthood.
Species: Southern elephant seal, Mirounga leonina
Location: Shingle Cove, Coronation Island, South Orkney Islands, Southern Ocean
Image ID: 25030  
Adelie penguins, adults and chicks, Pygoscelis adeliae, Devil Island
Adelie penguins, adults and chicks.
Species: Adelie penguin, Pygoscelis adeliae
Location: Devil Island, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica
Image ID: 25102  
Weddell seal in Antarctica. The Weddell seal reaches sizes of 3m and 600 kg, and feeds on a variety of fish, krill, squid, cephalopods, crustaceans and penguins, Leptonychotes weddellii, Cierva Cove
Weddell seal in Antarctica. The Weddell seal reaches sizes of 3m and 600 kg, and feeds on a variety of fish, krill, squid, cephalopods, crustaceans and penguins.
Species: Weddell seal, Leptonychotes weddellii
Location: Cierva Cove, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica
Image ID: 25501  
A leopard seal in Antarctica. The leopard seal is a large predatory seal, up to 1300 lb and 11 ft in length, feeding on krill, squid, fish, various penguin species and other seabirds and occasionally, other pinnipeds, Hydrurga leptonyx, Cierva Cove
A leopard seal in Antarctica. The leopard seal is a large predatory seal, up to 1300 lb and 11 ft in length, feeding on krill, squid, fish, various penguin species and other seabirds and occasionally, other pinnipeds.
Species: Leopard seal, Hydrurga leptonyx
Location: Cierva Cove, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica
Image ID: 25526  
Brash ice floats on cold, dark Antarctic waters, Cierva Cove
Brash ice floats on cold, dark Antarctic waters.
Location: Cierva Cove, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica
Image ID: 25532  
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