Alex Hyde / Colonies of King penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) and Southern Elephant Seals (Mirounga leonina) on beach at St. Andrews Bay, South Georgia. November.

Alex Hyde / King penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) group of three on the shore, St. Andrews Bay, South Georgia. November.

Ingo Arndt / King penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) colony with adults and chicks. St Andrews Bay, South Georgia Island, Southern Ocean, Antarctic Convergence

Ingo Arndt / King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) plumage detail, St Andrews Bay, South Georgia Island, Southern Ocean, Antarctic Convergence.

Ingo Arndt / King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) portrait and plumage detail, St Andrews Bay, South Georgia Island, Southern Ocean, Antarctic Convergence.

Ingo Arndt / A large group of King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) moulting, St Andrews Bay, South Georgia Island, Southern Ocean, Antarctic Convergence.

David Tipling / King Penguin, (Aptenodytes patagonicus) standing on beach, St Andrews Bay, South Georgia, January

David Tipling / King Penguin, (Aptenodytes patagonicus), St Andrews Bay, South Georgia, January

Chadden Hunter / King penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) chicks in mass breeding colony, St Andrews Bay, South Georgia. Taken on location for BBC Frozen Planet series, 2008

Michael Pitts / Bull Elephant seal (Mirounga sp) portrait with penguin walking along beach, St Andrews Bay, South Georgia

Michael Pitts / Southern giant petrel (Macronectes giganteus) head covered in blood feeding on carcass of an Elephant seal pup, with a penguin colony in the distance, St Andrews Bay, South Georgia

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Southern Elephant Seal (Mirounga leonina) pups, fat and docile weaners stay together for company and reassurance, St. Andrews Bay, South Georgia Island