Wildlife

A lone king penguin stretches in a snow flurry at sunrise on the beach at St. Andrew's Bay.

A curious group of king penguins interrupt their morning stroll to investigate the photographer at St. Andrew's Bay.

A leopard seal waits for the penguins to enter the water with the massive penguin colony in the background.

A lone king penguin inspects the photographer at sunrise on the beach at St. Andrew's Bay, one of the largest king penguin colonies in the world.

A pair of king penguins relax at Peggoty Bluff, South Georgia. This is the spot where Shackleton landed after his epic voyage from Elephant Island.

The sheer scale of this colony is hard to grasp. Most of the adult penguins are out fishing, so the majority you see here are the brown juveniles. As you can see, the colony extends a significant way up the glacier to the right!