Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) resting on iceberg, Gerlache Strait, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, March 2010. WINNER OF NATURE CATEGORY OF POLLUX COMPEITITON / AWARDS 2013

Rick Tomlinson / Aerial view, taken from the mast, of SY "Adele"'s bow in the bay of an iceberg, Portal Point, Reclus Pennisula, Antarctica, January 2007 Non editorial uses must be cleared individually.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Huge blocks of ice teeter, ready to become icebergs on the glaciated coast. Gerlache Strait, Southern Ocean, Antarctica, October 2009.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Blue ice of iceberg in Wilhelmina Bay, Gerlache Strait, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica. March 2010. Commended in BioPhoto competition 2020.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua) calling, Culverville Island, Gerlache Strait, Antarctic peninsula, Antarctica, March

Rick Tomlinson / A humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) plays alongside SY "Adele" in the Gerlache Strait, Antarctica, January 2007 Non editorial uses must be cleared individually.

Rick Tomlinson / SY "Adele", 180 foot Hoek Design, motoring past icebergs in Wilhelmina Bay, Antarctica, January 2007 Non editorial uses must be cleared individually.

Rick Tomlinson / Aerial view, taken from the mast, of SY "Adele"'s bow in the bay of an iceberg, Portal Point, Reclus Pennisula, Antarctica, January 2007 Non editorial uses must be cleared individually.

Rick Tomlinson / SY "Adele", 180 foot Hoek Design, motoring in Graham Passage, Bluff Island, January 2007 Non editorial uses must be cleared individually.

Rick Tomlinson / SY "Adele", 180 foot Hoek Design, motoring through the brash ice in Wilhelmina Bay, Antarctica, January 2007 Non editorial uses must be cleared individually.

Rick Tomlinson / SY "Adele", 180 foot Hoek Design, motoring past icebergs in Wilhelmina Bay, Antarctica, January 2007

Rick Tomlinson / SY "Adele", 180 foot Hoek Design, motoring past icebergs in Wilhelmina Bay, Antarctica, January 2007 Non editorial uses must be cleared individually.

Rick Tomlinson / SY "Adele", 180 foot Hoek Design, motoring through the brash ice in Wilhelmina Bay, Antarctica, January 2007 Non editorial uses must be cleared individually.

Rick Tomlinson / SY "Adele", 180 foot Hoek Design, exploring Wilhelmina Bay, Antarctica, January 2007 Non editorial uses must be cleared individually.

Rick Tomlinson / SY "Adele", 180 foot Hoek Design, motoring past icebergs at Portal Point, Reclus Peninsula, Antarctica, January 2007 Non editorial uses must be cleared individually.

Rick Tomlinson / Aerial view of a humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) playing alongside SY "Adele" in the Gerlache Strait, Antarctica, January 2007

Rick Tomlinson / SY "Adele", 180 foot Hoek Design, motoring past icebergs at Portal Point, Reclus Peninsula, Antarctica, January 2007

Rick Tomlinson / A close up of a humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) as it plays close to SY "Adele" in the Gerlache Strait, Antarctica, January 2007 Non editorial uses must be cleared individually.

Rick Tomlinson / A humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) plays alongside SY "Adele" in the Gerlache Strait, Antarctica, January 2007

Rick Tomlinson / A humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) plays alongside SY "Adele" in the Gerlache Strait, Antarctica, January 2007

Rick Tomlinson / SY "Adele", 180 foot Hoek Design, motoring near Danco Island, Errera Channel, Antarctica, January 2007 Non editorial uses must be cleared individually.

Rick Tomlinson / A humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) spyhopping alongside SY "Adele", 180 foot Hoek Design, in the Gerlache Strait, Antarctica, January 2007 Non editorial uses must be cleared individually.

Colin Monteath / Tourists sea kayaking near Enterprise Island, Gerlache Strait, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica

Kevin Schafer / Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) surfacing, Gerlache Strait, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica

Rick Tomlinson / SY "Adele", 180 foot Hoek Design, motoring past icebergs at Portal Point, Reclus Peninsula, Antarctica, January 2007 Non editorial uses must be cleared individually.

Kathryn Jeffs / Gerlache strait off the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, January 2009, Taken on location for BBC Frozen Planet series

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Dramatic cornices top a mountain peak covered with ice and glaciers. Gerlache Strait, Antarctica, October 2006.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Dramatic cornices top a mountain peak covered with ice and glaciers. Gerlache Strait, Antarctica, October 2006.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Russian Mi-2 helicopter from the Kapitan Khlebnokov flying past glaciers in the Gerlache Strait. Antarctica, October 2006.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Mountains, bands of cloud and high wind in the Gerlache Strait, Southern Ocean, Antarctica, October 2009.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Cloud topped mountain and katabatic winds in the lower glaciers. The Gerlache Strait, Southern Ocean, Antarctica, October 2006.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Mountains and bands of cloud and high wind in the Gerlache Strait, Southern Ocean, Antarctica, October 2006.

Colin Monteath / Climbers look down on kayakers and tourists in zodiacs, Enterprise Island, Gerlache Strait, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica

Gabriel Rojo / Tourists in a Zodiac boat, Paraiso Bay, Gerlache Strait zone, Sanaviron Peninsula, Antarctic Peninsula, February 2006

Gabriel Rojo / Paraiso Bay, Gerlache Strait zone, Sanaviron Peninsula, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, February 2006

Gabriel Rojo / Antarctic Lichens, Paraiso Bay, Gerlache Strait zone, Sanavirón Peninsula, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, February 2006

Gabriel Rojo / Tourists in Zodiac boat, Paraiso Bay, Gerlache Strait zone, Sanaviron Peninsula, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, February 2006

Rick Tomlinson / Gentoo penguins (Pygoscelis papua) on an iceberg in Paradise Harbour, Antarctica, January 2007

Rick Tomlinson / A humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) plays alongside SY "Adele" in the Gerlache Strait, Antarctica, January 2007

Rick Tomlinson / Gentoo penguins (Pygoscelis papua) in the foreground with SY "Adele" anchored in the distance, Errera Channel, Antarctica, January 2007

Rick Tomlinson / Close up of a humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) spyhopping in the Gerlache Strait, Antarctica, January 2007

Rick Tomlinson / A humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) plays alongside SY "Adele" in the Gerlache Strait, Antarctica, January 2007

Rick Tomlinson / A humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) plays alongside SY "Adele" in the Gerlache Strait, Antarctica, January 2007

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Iceberg with arches and turrets sculpted by waves and melting of ice, Gerlache Passage, Antarctica

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Gentoo Penguin (Pygoscelis papua) pair and Chinstrap Penguin (Pygoscelis antarctica) trio on iceberg, Gerlache Passage, Antarctica

Flip de Nooyer / Gentoo Penguin (Pygoscelis papua) group on iceberg, Gerlache Strait, Antarctica

Flip de Nooyer / Gentoo Penguin (Pygoscelis papua) pair walking through well worn paths in ice, Port Lockroy on Wiencke Island, Antarctica

Flip de Nooyer / Gentoo Penguin (Pygoscelis papua) pair nesting, Port Lockroy on Wiencke Island, Gerlache Strait, Antarctica

Flip de Nooyer / Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) skeleton at abandoned whaling station, Whaler's Bay, Port Lockroy, Wiencke Island, Gerlache Strait, Antarctica

Flip de Nooyer / Sailboat seen through sea arch in iceberg, Gerlache Strait, Antarctica

Gerry Ellis / Whale skeleton, Port Lockroy, Wiencke Island, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica

Gerry Ellis / Gentoo Penguin (Pygoscelis papua) nesting colony, Port Lockroy, Wiencke Island, Antarctica Peninsula, Antarctica

Colin Monteath / Overturned iceberg with eroded edges, Enterprise Island, Gerlache Strait, Antarctica

Tui De Roy / Iceberg, Gerlache Strait, Antarctica Peninsula, Antarctica

Tui De Roy / Fog bank hugging foot of icy mountains, Gerlache Strait, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica

Tui De Roy / Gentoo Penguin (Pygoscelis papua) with well fed chicks, Port Lockroy, Wiencke Island, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica

Onne van der Wal / View from the bow of the Russian expedition cruise ship "Professor Molvanov", making progress through the icy Gerlache Strait, Antarctic Peninsula.

Onne van der Wal / Mountains of ice in the Gerlache Strait, Antarctica.

Onne van der Wal / Bow of expedition cruise ship "Professor Molvanov" cruising through the icy Gerlache Strait, Antarctic Peninsula.

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Blue and green iceberg, with base sculpted by waves and melting of ice, Gerlache Passage, Antarctica

Flip de Nooyer / People in inflatable boat in icy seas, Trinity Island, Antarctica

Colin Monteath / Gathering storm over mountains Gerlache Strait, Antarctica Peninsula, Antarctica

Flip de Nooyer / Sailboat seen through sea arch in iceberg, Gerlache Strait, Antarctica

Flip de Nooyer / Snow-covered sailboat nearing Couverville Island, Gerlache Strait, Antarctica

Flip de Nooyer / Sunset over Port Lockroy, Wiencke Island, Gerlache Strait, Antarctica

Flip de Nooyer / Sailboat seen through sea arch in iceberg, Gerlache Strait, Antarctica

Flip de Nooyer / Tourists viewing landscape from deck of cruise ship, Gerlache Strait, Antarctica

Flip de Nooyer / Tour boat passing close to icebergs, Gerlache Strait, Antarctica

Flip de Nooyer / Tourists on cruise ship waving to others in zodiac, Gerlache Strait, Antarctica

Flip de Nooyer / Sailboat seen through sea arch in iceberg, Gerlache Strait, Antarctica

Flip de Nooyer / Sailboat seen through sea arch in iceberg, Gerlache Strait, Antarctica

Colin Monteath / Brash ice in Paradise Bay, sunset on peaks near Gerlache Strait, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica

Flip de Nooyer / Sailboat seen through sea arch in iceberg, Gerlache Strait, Antarctica

Mitsuaki Iwago / Snow-covered mountain range with icebergs falling into ocean and ice floes at Gerlache Strait, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica