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Crabeater Seal (Lobodon carcinophagus), Antarctic Peninsular The Crabeater seal is a truly Antarctic seal. They are specialist feeders that live mainly on krill. Their habitat is the pack ice, ranging among icebergs and smaller floes.

By Peter Prokosch

Tourist/photograther with Imperial Shags (Phalaracrocorax atriceps), Antarctic Peninsular The most visited part of Antarctica is the Antarctic Peninsular, opposite South America. The Antarctic Treaty provides guidelines, which have to be followed by tourists and expedition organizers. Tourist operators with s...

By Peter Prokosch

Cape Petrels (Daption capense), Antarctic Peninsula The Cape Petrel, also called Cape Pigeon, is one of the most common seabirds of the Southern Ocean and around Antarctica. They have an estimated population of around 2 million. Cape Petrels feed mainly on crustacea, incl...

By Peter Prokosch

Adélie Penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae) on iceberg, Antarctic Peninsula Adélie penguins are named after the wife of the French Antarctic explorer Dumont d'Urville. They breed in very large colonies, often 20,000 - 30,000 birds, sometimes more than 100,000, all around the Antarctic continent....

By Peter Prokosch

Two Humpback Whales (Megaptera novaengliae), Abntarctic Peninsular Humpback whales are migrating long distances. They are born in the tropics, where they spend their winter in waters around the equator. The Southern winter they feed on krill in the cold water around Antarctica. Other po...

By Peter Prokosch

Southern Giant Petrel (Macronectes giganteus), Antarcticv Peninsular The species is the largest of the (mostly much smaller) petrels, sometimes mistaken for a small albatross. THey are important scavengers, feeding on carcasses of penguins , other birds and seals. Many of them are annuall...

By Peter Prokosch

Southern Giant Petrel (Macronectes giganteus), Antarcticv Peninsular The species is the largest of the (mostly much smaller) petrels, sometimes mistaken for a small albatross. THey are important scavengers, feeding on carcasses of penguins (as on the picture), other birds and seals. Many ...

By Peter Prokosch

Chinstrap Penguin (Pygoscelis Antarcticus), Antarctic Peninsula The small Chinstrap penguin forages near the shore for small crustaceans, krill and fish and they use strong flippers and feet to crawl or jump up steep slopes. Unlike other Penguins here, the Chinstrap Penguin does ...

By Peter Prokosch

Cape Petrel (Daption capense), Antarctic Penisular The Cape Petrel, also called Cape Pigeon, is one of the most common seabirds of the Southern Ocean and around Antarctica. They have an estimated population of around 2 million. Cape Petrels feed mainly on crustacea, incl...

By Peter Prokosch

South Polar Skua (Catharacta maccormicki), Antarctic Peninsular The South Polar Skua, which breeds in snow-free areas of Antarctica, sometimes associated with penguin rookeries, looks very similar as the Great Skua of the Northern hemisphere. The species is pelagic in the Southern wi...

By Peter Prokosch

Kelp Gull (Larus dominicanus), Antarctic Peninsular The Kelp Gull is the souther equivalent of the Northern hemisphere's Lesser Black-backed Gull, but is slightly larger. This coastal gull is omnivores like most gulls seeking all kinds of small prey. They scavenge and hav...

By Peter Prokosch

Kelp Gull (Larus dominicanus), adult and young, Antarctic Peninsular The Kelp Gull is the souther equivalent of the Northern hemisphere's Lesser Black-backed Gull, but is slightly larger. This coastal gull is omnivores like most gulls seeking all kinds of small prey. They scavenge and hav...

By Peter Prokosch

Adélie Penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae), Antarctic Peninsula Adélie penguins are named after the wife of the French Antarctic explorer Dumont d'Urville. They breed in very large colonies, often 20,000 - 30,000 birds, sometimes more than 100,000, all around the Antarctic continent....

By Peter Prokosch

Svalbard Reindeer, Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus Reindeer have a circumpolar distribution with several subspecies in different areas. The Svalbard reindeer is a small subspecies of Rangifer tarandus. The subspecies found in Svalbard is exclusive to this area. Reindeer ...

By Peter Prokosch

Tidal flats at Westerhever, Schleswig-Holstein Wadden Sea National Park, Germany The Dutch-German-Danish Wadden Sea, with its tidal flats, tidal creeks, estuaries, salt marshes, beaches, dunes and islands is one of the last relatively unspoilt natureareas in Europe. The tidal rhythm determines the pa...

By Peter Prokosch

By Peter Prokosch

Saltmarshes, Westerhever, Wadden Sea Nationalpark Schleswig-Holstein, Germany The Dutch-German-Danish Wadden Sea, with its tidal flats, tidal creeks, estuaries, salt marshes, beaches, dunes and islands is one of the last relatively unspoilt natureareas in Europe. The tidal rhythm determines the pa...

By Peter Prokosch

By Peter Prokosch

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