Rick Price / Two South Georgia pintail ducks (Anas georgica georgica) in snow, endemic species, King Haakon Bay, Peggoty Bluff, South Georgia, Antarctica. November.

Brent Stephenson / Cape petrel (Daption capense) feeding on the remains of an Adelie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) in water, Brown Bluff, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, January.

Brent Stephenson / Male Adelie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) carrying a small stone for nest building, Brown Bluff, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, January.

Brent Stephenson / Snow petrel (Pagodroma nivea) pair huddle together at their nest site in a rock crevice, Brown Bluff, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, January.

Ole Jorgen Liodden / Gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua) eating snow, Brown Bluff, Antarctica, March.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Iceberg ice lay stranded on the volcanic beach at Brown Bluff, Antarctica.

Kevin Schafer / Adelie Penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) group harassing a creche of youngsters, Brown Bluff, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica

David Tipling / Adelie Penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) incubating on nest in snow, Brown Bluff, Antarctic Peninsula, November

David Tipling / Adelie Penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) colony at Brown Bluff, Antarctic Peninsula, November

Hiroya Minakuchi / Adelie Penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) nesting colony, Brown Bluff, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica

Sue Flood / Adelie penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae) young individuals go to sea at Brown Bluff, Antarctic Peninsula. January

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Tourists walking amongst ice blocks in the surf on Brown Bluff Beach, Southern Ocean, Antarctica, October 2006.