Solvin Zankl / King penguin {Aptenodytes patagonicus} portrait, Falkland Islands.

Solvin Zankl / King penguin {Aptenodytes patagonicus} egg balanced on feet, Falkland Islands.

Solvin Zankl / Group of king penguins {Aptenodytes patagonicus} profile walking in line along beach, Falkland Islands

Solvin Zankl / Rear view of King penguins {Aptenodytes patagonicus} walking along beach, Falkland Islands.

Solvin Zankl / Group of King penguins {Aptenodytes patagonicus} in shallow surf, Falkland Islands.

Solvin Zankl / King penguin {Aptenodytes patagonicus} portrait sliding on ice 'tobogganing', Falkland Islands.

Solvin Zankl / Group of King penguins {Aptenodytes patagonicus} walking in line along beach with reflection in wet sand, Falkland Islands.

Solvin Zankl / Group of King penguins {Aptenodytes patagonicus} walking in line along beach, Falkland Islands.

Solvin Zankl / Silhouette of King penguin {Aptenodytes patagonicus} standing tall during display, at sunset, Falkland Islands.

Pete Oxford / King Penguin {Aptenodytes patagoni} wounded and covered in blood from Leopard seal attack. Southern Georgia.

Pete Oxford / King penguins with young fur seal. (A patagoni) South Georgia Aptenodytes (Antarctic fur seal)

LYNN M. STONE / Two king penguins preening in snow (Aptenodytes patagoni) South Georgia

Eric Baccega / Two King penguins sleeping, rear view, Kerguelen Is, Sub-antarctic {Aptenodytes patagoni}

Ian McCarthy / King penguin chicks in creche {Aptenodytes patagoni} Marion Island, sub-antarctica (Taken on location for BBC Planet Earth Shallow Seas 2005).

LYNN M. STONE / King Penguins, South Georgia (Aptenodytes patagoni)

Pete Oxford / King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagoni) colony with chicks. S.Georgia Salisbury plain.

Peter Bassett / King Penguins, St.Andrews Bay, South Georgia.

Doug Allan / King penguins incubating eggs {Aptenodytes patagoni} Gold Harbour, South Georgia

LYNN M. STONE / King Penguin rookery (Aptenodytes patagoni) Antarctica

David Tipling / King penguin colony {Aptenodytes patagoni} adults and chicks, St Andrews Bay, South Georgia

David Tipling / King penguin colony {Aptenodytes patagoni} adults and chicks, South Georgia

Mark Carwardine / King penguin {Aptenodytes patagoni} alone on beach, Falkland Islands

Mark Carwardine / Three King penguins on beach {Aptenodytes patagoni} Falkland Islands

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Glacier, tourists and King Penguins {Aptenodytes patagoni} on Gold Harbour beach, South Georgia, December 1998

Terry Andrewartha / King penguin {Aptenodytes patagoni} colony, South Georgia

LYNN M. STONE / Small group of king penguins (Aptenodytes patagoni) in South Georgia, Antarctica

Peter Bassett / Creche of King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagoni) chicks, South Georgia, St Andrews Bay, Antarctica.

Pete Oxford / King penguin standing in tall grass (Aptenodytes patagoni) Salsbury Plain, South Georgia

Doug Allan / Doug Allan, cameraman, filming King Penguin rookery (Aptenodytes patagoni) Right Whale Bay, South Georgia, for BBC 'Life in the Freezer', 1998

Terry Andrewartha / King penguin positioning egg on feet (Aptenodytes patagoni) South Georgia, Falkland Islands

Peter Bassett / King penguins {Aptenodytes patagoni} St Andrews Bay, South Georgia

Peter Bassett / King penguins crossing river {Aptenodytes patagoni} St Andrews Bay, South Georgia

LYNN M. STONE / Two king penguins face to face. (Aptenodytes patagoni) South Georgia, Antarctica.

LYNN M. STONE / King penguin in snow, portrait (Aptenodytes patagoni) South Georgia, Antarctica.

Kim Taylor / King penguin {Aptenodytes patagoni} colony, Gold Harbour, South Georgia.

Peter Bassett / Southern elephant seal {Mirounga leonina} and King penguin {Aptenodytes patagoni} colony on beach, Saint Andrews Bay, South Georgia, Falkland Islands.

Doug Allan / King penguin feeds chick {Aptenodytes patagoni} Gold Harbour, South Georgia

Peter Bassett / Breeding colony of King penguins {Aptenodytes patagoni} St Andrew's Bay, South Georgia, South Atlantic Islands

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Tourists with King penguins (Aptenodytes patagoni) on Gold harbour beach, South Georgia, South Atlantic Islands

Doug Allan / King Penguin egg being held off ground by feet {Aptenodytes patagoni}, South Georgia

Terry Andrewartha / Close-up of egg balanced on feet of King penguin (Aptenodytes patagoni) South Georgia

Solvin Zankl / Close-up of King penguin {Aptenodytes patagonicus} feathers, Falkland Islands.

Solvin Zankl / Group of King penguins {Aptenodytes patagonicus} profile walking along beach, Falkland Islands

Solvin Zankl / King penguin {Aptenodytes patagonicus} breeding colony, Falkland Islands

Solvin Zankl / King penguin {Aptenodytes patagonicus} with chick hatching out of egg, Falkland Islands.

Solvin Zankl / King penguin {Aptenodytes patagonicus} head profile, Falkland Islands.

Solvin Zankl / King penguin {Aptenodytes patagonicus} breeding colony, Falkland Islands.

Solvin Zankl / King penguin {Aptenodytes patagonicus} sliding on belly 'tobogganing' , Falkland Islands.

Solvin Zankl / King penguin {Aptenodytes patagonicus} egg balanced on parent bird's feet, Falkland Islands.

Solvin Zankl / King penguin {Aptenodytes patagonicus} profile of stomach with fold keeping egg warm, Falkland Isalnds.

Solvin Zankl / King penguin {Aptenodytes patagonicus} head portrait, Falkland Islands.

Solvin Zankl / Group of King penguins {Aptenodytes patagonicus} rear view on beach, Falkland Islands.

Solvin Zankl / Two domestic sheep in King Penguin colony {Aptenodytes patagoni} Falkland Islands.

Solvin Zankl / King penguin{Aptenodytes patagonicus} adjusting egg balanced on its feet, Falkland Islands.

Solvin Zankl / King penguin {Aptenodytes patagonicus} head profile, Falkland Islands.

Solvin Zankl / Ein männlicher Königspinguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) richtet sich hoch auf, um mit einem lauten Ruf seinen Konkurrenten zu imponieren. | A male king penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) stands tall a...

Solvin Zankl / Group of King penguins {Aptenodytes patagonicus} rear view on beach, Falkland Islands.

Solvin Zankl / King penguin {Aptenodytes patagonicus} on beach, Falkland Islands.

Solvin Zankl / Silhouette of two King penguins {Aptenodytes patagonicus} preening at sunset, Falkland Islands.

Solvin Zankl / King penguin {Aptenodytes patagonicus} head profile, Falkland Islands.

Solvin Zankl / King penguin {Aptenodytes patagonicus} balancing egg on feet, Falkland Islands.

Solvin Zankl / King penguin {Aptenodytes patagonicus} walking on beach, Falkland Islands.

Solvin Zankl / Newly hatched King penguin chick {Aptenodytes patagonicus} keeping warm, resting on parent's feet, Falkland Islands.

Solvin Zankl / Two King penguins {Aptenodytes patagonicus} silhouetted at sunset, Falkland Islands.

Solvin Zankl / King penguin {Aptenodytes patagonicus} in shallow surf, switching from the horizontal swimming position to an upright walk, Falkland Islands.

Solvin Zankl / Group of King penguins {Aptenodytes patagonicus} walking through shallow surf, Falkland Islands.

Solvin Zankl / Group of King penguins {Aptenodytes patagonicus} walking in shallow surf onto beach, Falkland Islands.

Solvin Zankl / King penguin {Aptenodytes patagonicus} chick balancing on parents feet, Falkland Islands.

Solvin Zankl / Silhouette of two king penguins {Aptenodytes patagonicus} at sunset, Falkland Islands

Solvin Zankl / King penguin {Aptenodytes patagonicus} male displaying, Falkland Islands.

Solvin Zankl / Group of King penguins {Aptenodytes patagonicus} walking up beach, Falkland Islands.

Solvin Zankl / King penguin {Aptenodytes patagonicus} head profile, Falkland Islands.

Solvin Zankl / King penguin {Aptenodytes patagonicus} parent checking chick, Falkland Islands.

Solvin Zankl / King penguin {Aptenodytes patagonicus} male head profile, with beak upright during display, Falkland Islands.

Solvin Zankl / Three King penguins {Aptenodytes patagonicus} walking on beach, Falkland Islands.

Solvin Zankl / Group of King penguins {Aptenodytes patagonicus} walking on beach, Falkland Islands.

Solvin Zankl / Group of King penguins {Aptenodytes patagonicus} walking on beach, Falkland Islands.

Solvin Zankl / Group of King penguins {Aptenodytes patagonicus} walking on beach, Falkland Islands.

Solvin Zankl / Rear view of King penguins {Aptenodytes patagonicus} walking on beach, Falkland Islands.

Solvin Zankl / Group of King penguins {Aptenodytes patagonicus} walking on beach, Falkland Islands.

Solvin Zankl / Two King penguins {Aptenodytes patagonicus} walking along beach, Falkland Islands.

Solvin Zankl / Group of King penguins {Aptenodytes patagonicus} walking along beach, Falkland Islands

Solvin Zankl / Group of five King penguins {Aptenodytes patagonicus} on beach, Falkland Islands.

Solvin Zankl / Two King penguins {Aptenodytes patagonicus} walking on beach, Falkland Islands.

Solvin Zankl / Two King penguins {Aptenodytes patagonicus} walking on beach, Falkland Islands.

Solvin Zankl / King penguin chick {Aptenodytes patagonicus} Chikcs are often larger than their parents at the end of the rearing period; early explorers believed that these chicks were a separate species, The 'Woo...

Solvin Zankl / Group of King penguins {Aptenodytes patagonicus} in file, entering shallow surf, Falkland Islands.

Solvin Zankl / Group of King penguins {Aptenodytes patagonicus} on beach looking out to sea, Falkland Islands.

Solvin Zankl / King penguins {Aptenodytes patagonicus} mating, Falkland Islands.

Solvin Zankl / Group of King penguins {Aptenodytes patagonicus} walking on beach, Falkland Islands.

Solvin Zankl / King penguin {Aptenodytes patagonicus} in shallow surf, Falkland Islands.

Pete Oxford / King penguin chick {Aptenodytes patagonia} ihn down feathers rear-view, Salisbury plain, South Georgia.

Terry Andrewartha / King penguin 1 year chick with warm down feathers {Aptenodytes patagoni} South Georgia

Ben Osborne / Sir David Attenborough with King Penguin chicks (Aptenodytes patagoni) St Andrews Bay, South Georgia. Taken in 1992 during the filming of Life in the Freezer.

Peter Scoones / Small group of king penguins in landscape (Aptenodytes patagoni) South Georgia

Terry Andrewartha / King penguin colony {Aptenodytes patagoni} Salisbury plain, South Georgia