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Gentoo Penguins (Pygoscelis papua), breeding under the Port Rockery station, Antarctic Peninsula
Gentoo penguins breed on many sub-Antarctic islands. The main colonies are on the Falkland Islands, South Georgia and Kerguelen Islands; smaller populations are found…
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Gentoo Penguin (Pygoscelis Papua), Antarctic Peninsula
Gentoo Penguins are normally found on the shorelines of the Antarctic peninsular and on many sub-Antarctic islands. Gentoo penguins are monogamous during the breeding…
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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…
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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…
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South Polar Skua (Catharacta maccormicki), Antarctic Peninsula
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…
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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…
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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…
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Antarctic shelf-ice berg, Antarctic Peninsula
Calving is the name for the process of a piece of ice (sometimes kilometres wide) breaking off an ice shelf and becoming an iceberg.…
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Cape Petrel (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…
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Antarctic Skua (Catharacta maccormicki), Antarctic Peninsula
The Arctic Skua nests in grasslands near to penguin colonies, and have earned the nickname 'Raptor' for their habit of raiding nests for eggs…
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Rockhopper Penguin (Eudyptes Chrysocome Moseleyi), Antarctic Peninsula
The Rockhopper Penguin is aptly named on account of it's unique jumping movements between rocks. There is a major colony in the Falkland islands…
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Antarctic Peninsula
Since the Holocene (the past 10,000 years or the so-called Little Ice Age) there has been a noted overall retreat in glaciers worldwide, but…