Ice chokes the waters surrounding James Ross Island and Lockyer Island, Weddell Sea, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Ice chokes the waters surrounding James Ross Island, Weddell Sea, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Adelie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) on iceberg, Croft Bay, James Ross Island, Weddell Sea, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Croft Bay, James Ross Island, Weddell Sea, Antarctica, Polar Regions

An adult Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddellii) hauled out with mouth wide open (notice the cleft in the end of the tongue) on ice on Petermann Island near the Antarctic Peninsula.

An adult Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddellii) hauled out on an ice floe in the Weddell Sea near the Antarctic Peninsula.

An adult Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddellii) hauled out and resting on ice on Petermann Island near the Antarctic Peninsula.

Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddellii) hauled out on ice near the Antarctic Peninsula.