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Antarctica 2016
(Ushuaia, Falkland Islands, South Georgia, South Shetland,
and the Antarctic Peninsula)
Information

Photographs taken between 1–18 January 2016
Additional photos still being added

Aerial photographs, Southern Andes, Tierra del Fuego Province, Argentina

Birds

Black-browed albatross (Thalassarche melanophrys), ( New Island, Falkland Islands)

Wandering albatross (Diomedea exulans), ( Prion Island, South Georgia)

Other birds

Penguins

Rockhopper penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome), ( New Island, Falkland Islands)

King penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus)

Chinstrap penguin (Pygoscelis Antarctica)

Macaroni penguin (Eudyptes chrysolophus), ( Cooper Bay, South Georgia)

Gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua)

Adélie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae)

Mixed groups of penguins

Seals

Antarctic fur seal (Arctocephalus gazella)

Southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina)

Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddellii), ( D'Hainaut Island, Mikkelsen Harbour, Trinity Island)

Leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx), ( Antarctic Sound, near Brown Bluff, Tabarin Peninsula)

Glaciers

Icebergs

Places

Stanley, Falkland Islands

Mikkelsen Harbour

Deception Island

Esperanza Station

Gerlache Strait


Misc