Chinstrap penguin (Pygoscelis antarctica) chick, Hannah Point, Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

Chinstrap penguin (Pygoscelis antarctica) chick, Hannah Point, Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

Southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina), annual catastrophic molt, Hannah Point, Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Zodiac boat, expedition tourists, landing beach, Half Moon Island, Livingston Island view, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Adult gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua) feeding chick, Hannah Point, Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

Helicopter flight on Huntress Glacier, False Bay, Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina), annual catastrophic molt, Hannah Point, Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Expedition tourists leave Half Moon Island, Livingston Island blue glaciers and evening sun, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua) chick chasing adult for food at Hannah Point on Livingston Island, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua) adult feeding chick at Hannah Point on Livingston Island, Antarctica, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

Gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua) adult feeding chick at Hannah Point on Livingston Island, Antarctica, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

Gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua) adult feeding chick at Hannah Point on Livingston Island, Antarctica, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

Low lying Half Moon Island, Livingston Island mountain and glacier backdrop, sunny day, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, Polar Regions

View of snow-covered Livingston Island viewed from Half Moon Island in the South Shetland Group, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua) adult feeding chick at Hannah Point on Livingston Island, Antarctica, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

Gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua) chick chasing adult for food at Hannah Point on Livingston Island, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina) hauled out and molting on Hannah Point, Livingston Island, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Tourists on a zodiac boat approach Half Moon Island, Livingston Island mountain backdrop, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Low lying Half Moon Island, Livingston Island mountains and glaciers, evening sun, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Tourists on a zodiac boat approach Half Moon Island, Livingston Island mountain backdrop, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Expedition tourists follow a marked route on Half Moon Island, view to Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Half Moon Island, Livingston Island mountain and glacier backdrop, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Sleeping Weddell seals (Leptonychotes weddellii), Half Moon Island, Livingston Island view, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Distant penguins on Half Moon Island, Livingston Island in mist, evening sun, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Livingston Island mountains in low lying mist, evening sun, from Bransfield Strait, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Expedition tourists on Half Moon Island, Livingston Island backdrop, sunny day, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Expedition tourists walk on shore of Half Moon Island, view to Livingston Island, blue sky, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Adult gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua) porpoising, Hannah Point, Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Charity Glacier, False Bay, Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Antarctic Dream ship, False Bay, Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, Polar Regions

A Chinstrap Penguin, Pygoscelis antarctica, at Hannah Point on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctic. Behind the penguin is lots of greenery, plants that are expanding as the Antarctic Peninsular warms as a result of climate change,

Southern Elephant Seals; Mirounga leonina, at Hannah Point, on livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands off the Antarctica Peninsular.

Macaroni penguins. Eudyptes chrysolophus. Hannah point, livingston island, antarctica

A tabular iceberg off Livoinstone Island on the Antarctic Peninsular. The peninsular is one of the fastest warming places on the planet.

A tabular iceberg off Livoinstone Island on the Antarctic Peninsular. The peninsular is one of the fastest warming places on the planet.

A tabular iceberg off Livoinstone Island on the Antarctic Peninsular. The peninsular is one of the fastest warming places on the planet.

Adelie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae), chicks chasing adult for food, Shingle Cove, Livingston Island, Antarctica, Polar Regions

View of a land-based glacier calving into the sea. Hannah Point, Livingston Island, ntarctic Peninsula, Antarctica.

Adult Chinstrap Penguin (Pygoscelis antarcticus) with almost grown up chick. Livingston Island, Antarctica

Chinstrap Penguin (Pygoscelis Antarcticus) jumping out of water. Hannah Point, Livingston Island, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica.

Two displaying Chinstrap Penguins (Pygoscelis antarcticus). Livingston Island, Antarctica

View of Baily Head, and Livingston Island on the horizon. Whaler's Bay, Deception Island, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica

Chinstrap penguin (Pygoscelis antarctica) buried in snow at breeding colony in a snowstorm on Half Moon Island near Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica

Northern Giant Petrel (Macronectes halli) scaring off a big group of Gentoo Penguin (Pygoscelis papua) chicks. Livingston Island, Antarctic Peninsula

Chinstrap penguin (Pygoscelis antarctica) colony in a snowstorm on Half Moon Island near Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands near the Antarctic Peninsula. There are an estimated 2 million plus breeding pairs of chinstrap penguins in the Antarctic peninsula region alone, perhaps as many as 7.5 million breeding pairs in all of Antarctica.

An adult chinstrap penguin (Pygoscelis antarctica) returning to the nest at a breeding colony in a snowstorm on Half Moon Island near Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands

An adult chinstrap penguin (Pygoscelis antarctica) returning to the nest at a breeding colony in a snowstorm on Half Moon Island near Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands

Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) calf swimming closeby. Livingston Island, Antarctic Peninsula

Adult chinstrap penguin (Pygoscelis antarctica) braying in a breeding colony in a snowstorm on Half Moon Island near Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands near the Antarctic Peninsula