Glacier calving at Neko Harbour. The glacier at Neko Harbour is renown for serious calving activity. So much so that once on shore it is necessary to keep well back from the shore line since in the event of a major calving, a tsunami can be created that may swamp the...
Adelie penguins by the icy sea.In the cool evening light we landed on Torgensen Island having pushed our way through the ice to get ashore. Adelie penguins were scattered around the beach. Some were heading out to fish whilst others arrived leaping from the sea and...
Hungry Gentoo Penguin Chicks. It was an overcast, cold and blustery day with occasional snow flurries as we landed on D’Hainaut Island on the Antarctic Peninsular. It was a short hike to reach the Gentoo Penguin colony with a most impressive glacier as a backdrop....
Gentoo Penguins at dawn. It was a very early start on Pléneau Island to catch the Gentoo Penguin colony as the sun rose over the mountains and icebergs in the background. Despite the cold, it was well worth the effort. Gentoo Penguins are the third largest of all the...
Adelie penguins and their chicks. The Adelie Penguin colonies on the Yalour Islands in Antarctica were a hive of activity. Birds were coming and going from the colonies with food for the chicks. Some were sitting on eggs, some had very young chicks and others were...
Adelie Penguins in the snow. The Adelie penguins in the colonies on Yalour Islands can be filthy. In this film they are returning from a fishing expedition and so are nice and clean. They are making their way from the sea across the snow to the colonies perched high...
The beautiful Yalour Islands and its Adelie Penguins. It was an overcast and snowy day which made the setting all the more magical. The distant blows of Humpback Whales just audible above the din from the penguin colonies, enhanced this wonderful scene. The Yalour...
Gentoo Penguin chicks at González Videla Base, on the Antarctic mainland at Waterboat Point in Paradise Bay. One advantage of visiting this base is the opportunity to get closer to the penguins than is allowed elsewhere. This is because the Gentoo Penguins nest very...
Bubblenet feeding Humpback Whales. This group of Humpback Whales was close to Wilhelmina Bay, Antarctic Peninsular. Bubblenet feeding Humpabck Whales must be one of the most impresive sights in nature. These whales seemed to be feeding deep in the water so it wasn't...
Gentoo Penguins. This very noisy and busy Gentoo Penguin colony was on Pleneau Island on the Antarctic Peninsular. Lots of interesting behaviour on view. Penguins were carrying stones to build the nests whilst penguins sitting on the nest with eggs were doing some...
We made a visit to the Chilean Antarctic base Bernardo O'Higgins to hear some of the history and current activities on the base. In addition, there was a Gentoo colony which we intended to visit. As we watched the Gentoos, we heard the unmistakable call of an Emperor...
Skuas feeding their chick. I had been watching a mixed Chinstrap Penguin and Gentoo Penguin colony when I noticed there was a pair of Skuas close by along with their chick. This was a very convenient place for them to be since food in the form of young penguin chicks...
These Chinstrap Penguins were on Georges Point at the north end of Ronge Isalnd in Antarctica. It had been a bit of a climb to get up there - first across rocks and boulders and then deep snow. It is remarkable that these hardy birds make their nests in such exposed...
Gentoo Penguins on the beach at Cuverville Island, Antarctica. It was fun to watch the Gentoo Penguins as they waddled back and forth to the sea. Some were very dirty but others pristine. Gentoo Penguins are the third largest of all the penguins after Emperor and King...
Bubblenet-feeding Humpback Whales in Antarctica. Bubblenet feeding by Humpback Whales is a very sophisticated, co-operative, group-based approach to feeding. Vertical walls of bubbles are created to trap prey for easier feeding. In the waters (Aquirre Passage and...
Playful Gentoo Penguins. There is a large Gentoo Penguin colony on Cuverville Island on the Antarctic Peninsula. It is both noisy and very smelly. But these are amazing penguins. Behind me was the colony and many penguins were making their way down to the sea. I...
Penguin punch-up! All had been quiet at this Adelie Penguin colony on Yalour Islands on the Antarctic Peninsular. Chicks had been fed, parent pairs were displaying when all hell broke loose. A huge squabble broke out for no obvious reason and went on for several...
Neko Harbour on the Antarctic Peninsular is a beautiful location to observe Gentoo Penguins. A white patch above the eye makes them unmistakable. The third largest Penguin, they reach up to 90cm tall and weigh up to 8.5kg. They breed in small colonies. They use a wide...
Salisbury Plain on South Georgia is home to 60,000 pairs of King Penguins and their chicks. One never forgets the sight, sound and smell of this enormous penguin colony. With its golden-yellow plumage at the neck and throat, the spectacular King Penguin stands up to...
St Andrews Bay on South Georgia is home to 150,000 pairs of King Penguins and their chicks. One never forgets the sight, sound and smell of this enormous penguin colony. The colony stretches away as far a the eye can see. With its golden-yellow plumage at the neck and...