Marty’s photo of the day #4800: Gentoo penguin adult and chick on a foggy Antarctica day.
Gentoos in the fog
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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.
More icebergs
Marty’s photo of the day #4625: More icebergs near Antarctica. This time, we’ll add in stormy seas, too.
Icebergs
Antarctica
Steve Bannon’s spirit animal
Marty’s photo of the day #4594: Steve Bannon’s spirit animal. Molting female elephant seal, photographed on a tiny island near Antarctica.
Antarctica scenic
Marty’s photo of the day #4582: Antarctica scenic, featuring a gentoo penguin adult (both parents care for the chick) and chick.
Leopard seal surfacing
Marty’s photos of the day #4571: A leopard seal pops out of the water along the coast of Antarctica.
Molting and cranky
Marty’s photos of the day #4568: A cranky, molting, female elephant seal, photographed on a foggy, tiny island off the coast of Antarctica.