Marty’s photo of the day #4543: Gentoo penguin parent and chick. Photographed along the coast of Antarctica.
Along the Antarctica Coast
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Somewhere along the Antarctic coast
Marty’s photo of the day #4539: Somewhere along the coast of Antarctica. Yes, the water really was that color.
A Fuzzy Gentoo Penguin Chick
Marty’s photo of the day #4536: I think many of you could use a photo of a fuzzy gentoo penguin chick right about now. (Photographed in Antarctica)
Icebergs in the Sun
Penguin Parenting
Marty’s photo of the day #4472: A gentoo penguin parent watches over his/her sleeping chick on an island off the coast of Antarctica.
Penguin Snowflakes
Marty’s photo of the day #4445: I photographed this penguin colony from the top of a glacier on Antarctica. My wife, Deb, and I were just about to climb down when huge snowflakes filled the air. It was magical!
Humpback Whale
Gentoos in the fog
Iceberg action
Marty’s photo of the day #4780: Here’s a little iceberg action for ya. Photographed off the coast of Antarctica.
Gentoo penguin
Humpback whale near Antarctica
Penguin colony
Marty’s photo of the day #4718: Look closely. It’s a penguin colony on an island off the coast of Antarctica. Most of the penguins are gentoos, but some are Adélies.
Comin’ right at ya!
Marty’s photo of the day #4703: A humpback whale, comin’ right at ya! (Photographed off the coast of Antarctica)
Adélie penguin
Marty’s photo of the day #4701: Adélie penguin, photographed on a tiny island off the coast of Antarctica.
Crossing to Antarctica
Marty’s photo of the day #4695: Deb and I have occasionally talked about returning to Antarctica, but we recently learned that getting to Antarctica by crossing the Drake Passage (famous for the roughest seas in the world) has largely become a thing of the past. Instead, people fly down to Antarctica and then get on […]
Surprise!
Marty’s photo of the day #4682: A leopard seal surprise. Photographed along the coast of Antarctica.
More icebergs
Squeezing between icebergs
Magic at 3:00 a.m.
Marty’s photo of the day #4648: The expedition to Antarctica Deb and I did many years ago for my first book, Cool Creatures, Hot Planet: Exploring the Seven Continents, was absolutely magical. We’ve discussed doing it again, but we know that trying to recreate magic like that seldom works. Then, this week, we learned that […]
South polar skua
Marty’s photo of the day #4636: South polar skua, photographed on a tiny island off the coast of Antarctica.