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229 images Created 31 Mar 2020

The Antarctic

The Antarctic is almost a geographic opposite of the Arctic. It contains a land mass, known as the continent of Antarctica, surrounded by ocean whereas the Arctic is ocean surrounded by land (Greenland, North America, Russia, etc.). During the winter, up to 18 million square kilometers (6.9 million sq.miles) of ocean is covered in sea ice, but by the end of summer, only about 3 million sq.km/1.1 million sq.miles) of sea ice remains. The Antarctic ice shelf deflects some of the sun's rays away from the Earth, keeping temperatures liveable. The Antarctic region includes not only the continent of Antarctica, but also the Antarctic Peninsula and hundreds of islands including the island of South Georgia. The oceans in the Antarctic support masses of the world's sealife - including 15 species of whale and dolphin, 5 species of penguin, 6 different species of seal and more. The nutrient-rich water of the Antarctic waters encourage the vital blooming of phytoplankton, microscopic, single-celled plants that drift near the ocean's surface and live off of carbon dioxide and the sun's rays. Plankton is the vital and main staple in the diet of krill, which in turn is the main diet of all baleen whales, seals, and literally hundreds of different animals. Baleen whales, such as a humbpack or single blue whale, for example, eat up to a staggering 8,000 pounds of krill every day for a four month period in order to accumulate blubber for warmth after the summer. The Ross ice shelf in the Antarctic is the size of France being the largest single mass of ice on Earth. Antarctica is the windiest continent on the planet. The famous katabatic winds can reach up to 200 mph (320 km/h). Most people don't realize that Antarctica is a desert. It only receives two inches of precipitation on average a year. South Georgia island, is the most important penguin and seabird breeding area in the world. It is an Antarctic island and has been referred to as an Antarctic oasis because of the huge numbers of penguins and seals that breed there. One of the most famous explorers, Sir Ernest Shackleton and his men on The Endurance, became trapped in pack ice between South Georgia and Antarctica. They finally made it to Elephant Island. Shackleton and 5 of his men, left the rest of the crew at Wild Point on Elephant Island, and sailed a lifeboat to South Georgia, hiked across spiky mountains and steep cliffs until reaching a whaling station called Stromness. All of Shackleton's men were saved. Shackleton was buried in South Georgia, in Grytviken, and his grave is there today.
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  • A small huddle of king penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) standing together, Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island,
    Tarris_SouthGeorgia_03_20.1295c.jpg
  • A pair of king penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) standing together in the landscape and vocalizing, Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island,
    Tarris_SouthGeorgia_03_20.1233c.jpg
  • An inquisitive humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) spyhopping at the surface of the water, Charlotte Bay, Antarctic Peninsula, The Antarctic
    tarris_antarctic_03_20_0477d.jpg
  • Detailed close-up of a king penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus), Salisbury Plain, South Georgia
    Tarris_SouthGeorgia_03_20.0637.jpg
  • Ice berg and tabular ice beneath storm clouds at Brown Bluff, West Antarctica Peninsula, The Antarctic
    tarris_antarctic_03_20_0004.jpg
  • tarris_antarctic_03_20_0444a.jpg
  • A gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua) looking out to sea, Cuverville Island, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica
    tarris_antarctic_03_20_0655.jpg
  • Leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) with flared nostrils swimming next to an iceberg, Cuverville Island, Antarctic Peninsula, The Antarctic
    tarris_antarctic_03_20_0668.jpg
  • A colony of king penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus), Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island,
    Tarris_SouthGeorgia_03_20.0621.jpg
  • A small huddle of king penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) standing together in the sun, St. Andrews Bay, South Georgia Island,
    Tarris_SouthGeorgia_03_20.0014.jpg
  • An inquisitive humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) spyhopping at the surface of the water, Charlotte Bay, Antarctic Peninsula, The Antarctic
    tarris_antarctic_03_20_0509a.jpg
  • A humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) coming to the surface to breathe air through nostrils on top of its head called blowholes, Charlotte Bay, Antarctic Peninsula, The Antarctic
    tarris_antarctic_03_20_0604.jpg
  • Photographer Jami Tarris with king penguins,Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island,
    Tarris_SouthGeorgia_03_20.0513.jpg
  • Leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) laying on sea ice, Gourdin Island, Antarctic Peninsula, The Antarctic
    tarris_antarctic_03_20_0631.jpg
  • A close-up of a king penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) experiencing catastrophic moulting, St. Andrews Bay, South Georgia Island,
    Tarris_SouthGeorgia_03_20.0105.jpg
  • A motion-blur of a gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua) walking on the beach,  Brown Bluff,West Antarctica Peninsula, The Antarctic
    tarris_antarctic_03_20_0258.jpg
  • Tourists hiking a portion of the famous “Shackleton” hike from Fortuna Bay to Stromness, a former whaling station on the Antarctic island of South Georgia, Stromness, South Georgia
    Tarris_SouthGeorgia_03_20.0369.jpg
  • An inquisitive humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) spyhopping at the surface of the water, Charlotte Bay, Antarctic Peninsula, The Antarctic
    tarris_antarctic_03_20_0478b.jpg
  • A colony of king penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus), St. Andrews Bay, South Georgia Island,
    Tarris_SouthGeorgia_03_20.0024.jpg
  • A portrait of a king penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) , Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island,
    Tarris_SouthGeorgia_03_20.0546.jpg
  • Gentoo penguins (Pygoscelis papua) fstanding on a small piece of ice in the water, Brown Bluff,West Antarctica Peninsula, The Antarctic
    tarris_antarctic_03_20_0054.jpg
  • A curious Antarctic fur seal pup (Arctocephalus gazella), Prion Island, South Georgia
    Tarris_SouthGeorgia_03_20.1221.jpg
  • A Macaroni penguin (Eudyptes chrysolophus) standing on a rocky cliff, Hercules Bay, South Georgia
    Tarris_SouthGeorgia_03_20.1212.jpg
  • King penguin adult and chick(Aptenodytes patagonicus), Salisbury Plain, South Georgia
    Tarris_SouthGeorgia_03_20.0719.jpg
  • The wrecks of small sealers and whale catcher vessels from the early 1900s on the beach in Grytviken, South Georgia, Grytviken, South Georgia
    Tarris_SouthGeorgia_03_20.0172B&...jpg
  • A mating pair of king penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus)  in courtship, Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island,
    Tarris_SouthGeorgia_03_20.1319.jpg
  • A chinstrap penguin j(Pygoscelis antarcticus) standing on a rocky cliff above the sea, Elsehul, South Georgia
    Tarris_SouthGeorgia_03_20.0871.jpg
  • An inquisitive humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) spyhopping at the surface of the water, Charlotte Bay, Antarctic Peninsula, The Antarctic
    tarris_antarctic_03_20_0530a.jpg
  • A small huddle of king penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) standing together in the landscape and vocalizing, Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island,
    Tarris_SouthGeorgia_03_20.0566.jpg
  • King penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) swimming in the sea , Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island,
    Tarris_SouthGeorgia_03_20.0608.jpg
  • Rusted machinery used to process whale blubber and seal fat at the Norwegian whaling station of Grytviken, South Georgia, Grytviken, South Georgia
    Tarris_SouthGeorgia_03_20.0196cB&...jpg
  • Detailed close-up of king penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus), Salisbury Plain, South Georgia
    Tarris_SouthGeorgia_03_20.0668c.jpg
  • Ice berg and tabular ice beneath storm clouds at Brown Bluff, West Antarctica Peninsula, The Antarctic
    tarris_antarctic_03_20_0019.jpg
  • Detailed close-up of king penguins neck and feather coloration (Aptenodytes patagonicus), Salisbury Plain, South Georgia
    Tarris_SouthGeorgia_03_20.0670.jpg
  • A small huddle of king penguins in the landscape (Aptenodytes patagonicus) at Salisbury Plain, St. Andrews Bay, South Georgia Island,
    Tarris_SouthGeorgia_03_20.0567.jpg
  • The wrecks of small sealers and whale catcher vessels from the early 1900s on the beach in Grytviken, South Georgia, Grytviken, South Georgia
    Tarris_SouthGeorgia_03_20.0571.jpg
  • A Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddellii) sitting on a beach,Gourdin Island, Antarctic Peninsula, The Antarctic
    tarris_antarctic_03_20_0438.jpg
  • A humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) coming to the surface to breathe air through nostrils on top of its head called blowholes, Charlotte Bay, Antarctic Peninsula, The Antarctic
    tarris_antarctic_03_20_0607.jpg
  • A gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua) plays with a flag marking safe areas for tourists to walk during moulting season, Cuverville Island, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica
    tarris_antarctic_03_20_0646.jpg
  • A leopard seal  (Hydrurga leptonyx) swimming, Point Wild, Elephant Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica
    tarris_antarctic_03_20_0860.jpg
  • An inquisitive humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) spyhopping at the surface of the water, Charlotte Bay, Antarctic Peninsula, The Antarctic
    tarris_antarctic_03_20_0571.jpg
  • Historic bust of Chilean Captain Luis Pardo who rescued the 22 stranded crewman of Sir Ernest Shackleton’s ship, The Endurance ,Point Wild, Elephant Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica
    tarris_antarctic_03_20_0867.jpg
  • Detailed close-up of a king penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus), Salisbury Plain, South Georgia
    Tarris_SouthGeorgia_03_20.0650.jpg
  • Antarctic shags ((Phalacrocorax bransfieldensis) in flight, Shag Rock, the Antarctic
    Tarris_SouthGeorgia_03_20.1475.jpg
  • A humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) coming to the surface to breathe air through nostrils on top of its head called blowholes, Charlotte Bay, Antarctic Peninsula, The Antarctic
    tarris_antarctic_03_20_0621.jpg
  • A colony of king penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) in a  snow storm, Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island,
    Tarris_SouthGeorgia_03_20.0734c.jpg
  • Detailed close-up of king penguins neck and feather coloration (Aptenodytes patagonicus), Salisbury Plain, South Georgia
    Tarris_SouthGeorgia_03_20.0670c.jpg
  • The wrecks of small sealers and whale catcher vessels from the early 1900s on the beach in Grytviken, South Georgia, Grytviken, South Georgia
    Tarris_SouthGeorgia_03_20.0268B&...jpg
  • A small huddle of king penguins in the landscape (Aptenodytes patagonicus) at Salisbury Plain, St. Andrews Bay, South Georgia Island,
    Tarris_SouthGeorgia_03_20.0564.jpg
  • King penguin adult and chick(Aptenodytes patagonicus), Salisbury Plain, South Georgia
    Tarris_SouthGeorgia_03_20.0697.jpg
  • The beach with fur seals at Stromness, a former whaling station on the northern coast of South Georgia where Ernest Shackleton was rescued in 1916 at the end of his journey with The Endurance, Stromness, South Georgia, The Antarctic
    Tarris_SouthGeorgia_03_20.0381.jpg
  • A mating pair of king penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus)  in courtship, Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island,
    Tarris_SouthGeorgia_03_20.0794.jpg
  • Rusted machinery used to process whale blubber and seal fat at the Norwegian whaling station of Grytviken, South Georgia, Grytviken, South Georgia
    Tarris_SouthGeorgia_03_20.0245B&...jpg
  • Tourists in a zodiac in front of a glacier in the Antarctic are whale watching, Charlotte Bay, Antarctic Peninsula, The Antarctic
    tarris_antarctic_03_20_0599.jpg
  • Gentoo penguins (Pygoscelis papua) walking on the beach,  Brown Bluff,West Antarctica Peninsula, The Antarctic
    tarris_antarctic_03_20_0201.jpg
  • Tourists hiking a portion of the famous “Shackleton” hike from Fortuna Bay to Stromness, a former whaling station on the Antarctic island of South Georgia, Stromness, South Georgia
    Tarris_SouthGeorgia_03_20.0327.jpg
  • Shag Rocks, a group of six small islands 240 km/135 nautical miles west of South Georgia, Shag Rock, the Antarctic
    Tarris_SouthGeorgia_03_20.1535.jpg
  • A mating pair of king penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus)  in courtship, Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island,
    Tarris_SouthGeorgia_03_20.0797.jpg
  • An Antarctic or Imperial shag (Phalacrocorax bransfieldensis) sitting on a rocky cliff, Hercules Bay
    Tarris_SouthGeorgia_03_20.0970.jpg
  • A mating pair of king penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus)  in courtship, Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island,
    Tarris_SouthGeorgia_03_20.1285c.jpg
  • A motion-blur of a gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua) walking on the beach,  Brown Bluff,West Antarctica Peninsula, The Antarctic
    tarris_antarctic_03_20_0122.jpg
  • Unable to hunt and feed, a colony of chinstrap penguins (Pygoscelis antarcticus) stays on a rocky shoreline during their catastrophic moulting period where they lose their feathers all at once and are unable to go in the water without their waterproof feathers, Baily Head, Deception Island,Antarctic Peninsula, The Antarctic
    tarris_antarctic_03_20_0741.jpg
  • A Macaroni penguin (Eudyptes chrysolophus) walking on a rocky cliff, Hercules Bay, South Georgia
    Tarris_SouthGeorgia_03_20.1012.jpg
  • The largest whaling station called Grytviken on the Antarctic island of South Georgia where famous British explorer Ernest Shackleton is buried, Grytviken, South Georgia
    Tarris_SouthGeorgia_03_20.0120.jpg
  • A motion-blur of a gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua) walking on the beach,  Brown Bluff,West Antarctica Peninsula, The Antarctic
    tarris_antarctic_03_20_0139.jpg
  • Tourists in a zodiac in the Antarctic are whale watching, Charlotte Bay, Antarctic Peninsula, The Antarctic
    tarris_antarctic_03_20_0597.jpg
  • A Macaroni penguin (Eudyptes chrysolophus) standing on a rocky cliff, Hercules Bay, South Georgia
    Tarris_SouthGeorgia_03_20.1073.jpg
  • A zodiac with tourists cruising between big icebergs in an Antarctic landscape on a cloudy day, Antarctic Peninsula, The Antarctic
    tarris_antarctic_03_20_0640a.jpg
  • The wrecks of small sealers and whale catcher vessels from the early 1900s on the beach in Grytviken, South Georgia, Grytviken, South Georgia
    Tarris_SouthGeorgia_03_20.0570.jpg
  • A pair of mating king penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) in courtship, Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island,
    Tarris_SouthGeorgia_03_20.1234.jpg
  • A pair of mating king penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) in courtship, Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island,
    Tarris_SouthGeorgia_03_20.1236.jpg
  • Chinstrap penguins (Pygoscelis antarcticus) struggle to climb a steep scree slope, Baily Head, Deception Island,Antarctic Peninsula, The Antarctic
    tarris_antarctic_03_20_0755.jpg
  • Brash ice floating in front of a glacier at Point Wild ,Point Wild, Elephant Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica
    tarris_antarctic_03_20_0974.jpg
  • A small huddle of king penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) standing together, Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island,
    Tarris_SouthGeorgia_03_20.1243c.jpg
  • A humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) coming to the surface to breathe air through nostrils on top of its head called blowholes, Charlotte Bay, Antarctic Peninsula, The Antarctic
    tarris_antarctic_03_20_0619.jpg
  • A colony of king penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) with young chicks, St. Andrews Bay, South Georgia Island,
    Tarris_SouthGeorgia_03_20.0026.jpg
  • A king penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) incubating its egg sitting on top of its feet, Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island,
    Tarris_SouthGeorgia_03_20.1269.jpg
  • A close-up portrait of a young gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua), during the last stage of molting,  Brown Bluff,West Antarctica Peninsula, The Antarctic
    tarris_antarctic_03_20_0073.jpg
  • Gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua) standing on the beach in the Antarctic, Gourdin Island, Antarctica Peninsula, The Antarctic
    tarris_antarctic_03_20_0425.jpg
  • A mating pair of king penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus)  in courtship, Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island,
    Tarris_SouthGeorgia_03_20.1334.jpg
  • Ice berg and tabular ice beneath storm clouds at Brown Bluff, West Antarctica Peninsula, The Antarctic
    tarris_antarctic_03_20_0011.jpg
  • A close-up of a gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua), Brown Bluff,West Antarctica Peninsula, The Antarctic
    tarris_antarctic_03_20_0024.jpg
  • Photographer Jami Tarris with king penguins,Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island,
    Tarris_SouthGeorgia_03_20.0518a.jpg
  • A gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua) flapping its wings, Brown Bluff,West Antarctica Peninsula, The Antarctic
    tarris_antarctic_03_20_0046.jpg
  • Gentoo penguins (Pygoscelis papua) fstanding on a small piece of ice in the water, Brown Bluff,West Antarctica Peninsula, The Antarctic
    tarris_antarctic_03_20_0052.jpg
  • A motion-blur of a gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua) walking on the beach,  Brown Bluff,West Antarctica Peninsula, The Antarctic
    tarris_antarctic_03_20_0261.jpg
  • A gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua) vocalizing an ‘ecstatic’ call on the beach,  Brown Bluff,West Antarctica Peninsula, The Antarctic
    tarris_antarctic_03_20_0350.jpg
  • A gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua) standing on the beach in the Antarctic, Brown Bluff,West Antarctica Peninsula, The Antarctic
    tarris_antarctic_03_20_0403.jpg
  • Gentoo penguins (Pygoscelis papua) standing on the beach in the Antarctic, Brown Bluff,West Antarctica Peninsula, The Antarctic
    tarris_antarctic_03_20_0420.jpg
  • A close-up of a Weddell seal face (Leptonychotes weddellii) swimming, Gourdin Island, Antarctic Peninsula, The Antarctic
    tarris_antarctic_03_20_0427c.jpg
  • An inquisitive humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) spyhopping at the surface of the water, Charlotte Bay, Antarctic Peninsula, The Antarctic
    tarris_antarctic_03_20_0549.jpg
  • A humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) coming to the surface to breathe air through nostrils on top of its head called blowholes, Charlotte Bay, Antarctic Peninsula, The Antarctic
    tarris_antarctic_03_20_0622.jpg
  • Leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) laying on sea ice, Gourdin Island, Antarctic Peninsula, The Antarctic
    tarris_antarctic_03_20_0630.jpg
  • A gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua) looking out to sea, Cuverville Island, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica
    tarris_antarctic_03_20_0653.jpg
  • Baily Head, Deception Island,Antarctic Peninsula, The Antarctic
    tarris_antarctic_03_20_0707.jpg
  • Unable to hunt and feed, a colony of chinstrap penguins (Pygoscelis antarcticus) stays on a rocky shoreline during their catastrophic moulting period where they lose their feathers all at once and are unable to go in the water without their waterproof feathers, Baily Head, Deception Island,Antarctic Peninsula, The Antarctic
    tarris_antarctic_03_20_0732.jpg
  • Two chinstrap penguins (Pygoscelis antarcticus) standing on a rocky outcrop, Point Wild, Elephant Island, South Shetland Islands,The Antarctic
    tarris_antarctic_03_20_0905.jpg
  • Tourists in zodiacs floating in brash ice in front of a glacier at Point Wild ,Point Wild, Elephant Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica
    tarris_antarctic_03_20_0983.jpg
  • Portrait of king penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus), St. Andrews Bay, South Georgia Island,
    Tarris_SouthGeorgia_03_20.0015.jpg
  • A close-up of the flightless wings of king penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) standing closely together, St. Andrews Bay, South Georgia Island,
    Tarris_SouthGeorgia_03_20.0021.jpg
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