Chinstrap penguin (Pygoscelis antarctica) molting at Baily Head on Deception Island, Antarctica, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

Magellanic Penguin (Spheniscus magellanicus) on a beach of the Falkland islands during summer. South America, Falkland Islands, Saunders Island

Royal Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) legs. Ratmanoff king penguin colony, Courbet peninsula, Kerguelen archipelago.

King penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) moving on soil composed of Acaena magellanica. Kerguelen Archipelago

Royal penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) and sunset. Ratmanoff king penguin colony, Courbet peninsula, Kerguelen archipelago.

The Ratmanoff colony of king penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus), seen from above. Each penguin broods and defends its own little perimeter: beware of the individual who dares to break this zone of intimacy. Courbet Peninsula, Kerguelen archipelago.

A birdwatcher is on the lookout for a particular penguin, which left for sea about a week ago. He needs to catch it just as it returns to land, before it enters the colony to feed its chick. This is to recover the GPS tag glued to its plumage, which has measured a large number of parameters (dive depth, immersion time, water temperature and salinity, and above all GPS position). Cabane Guetteur, Ratmanoff king penguin colony, Courbet peninsula, Kerguelen archipelago.

King penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) inspecting the egg it is incubating. Ratmanoff king penguin colony, Courbet peninsula, Kerguelen archipelago.

Colony of Gentoo penguins (Pygoscelis papua). Anse des Pachas, near the Port-aux-Francais base. Courbet Peninsula, Kerguelen archipelago.

Two scientists visit the Royal Penguin colony in Baie du Marin on Crozet Island.

Data entry on the computer in the Guetteur hut. Outside, king penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) on the beach. Ratmanoff king penguin colony, Courbet peninsula, Kerguelen archipelago.

Sound recording of elephant seals (Mirounga leonina). Ratmanoff king penguin colony, Courbet peninsula, Kerguelen archipelago.

King penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus). Ratmanoff king penguin colony, Courbet peninsula, Kerguelen archipelago.

King penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) and rainbow. Ratmanoff king penguin colony, Courbet Peninsula, Kerguelen archipelago.

King penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) and elephant seals (Mirounga leonina). Ratmanoff king penguin colony, Courbet peninsula, Kerguelen archipelago.

King penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) adult and juvenile. Ratmanoff king penguin colony, Courbet Peninsula, Kerguelen archipelago.

Gentoo Penguin (Pygoscelis papua) during early morning on the way to the sea. South America, Falkland Islands, Saunders Island

Gentoo Penguin (Pygoscelis papua) colony. South America, Falkland Islands, Saunders Island

A molting gentoo penguin chick (Pygoscelis papua), Petermann Island, Antarctica.

Gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua) feeding his chick, Volunteer Point, East Falkland, January 2018

Gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua). walking on ice at Cuverville Island, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica

Group of Gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua). walking in between ice at Cuverville Island, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica

Adelie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) in a storm on the Ross Sea pack ice, Coulman Island, Antarctica,

Killer whale (Orcinus orca) and Emperor penguins (Aptenodytes forsteri) on pack ice in the Ross Sea, McMurdo Sound, Antarctica

Killer whale (Orcinus orca) and Emperor penguins (Aptenodytes forsteri) on pack ice in the Ross Sea, McMurdo Sound, Antarctica

Killer whale (Orcinus orca) and Emperor penguins (Aptenodytes forsteri) on pack ice in the Ross Sea, McMurdo Sound, Antarctica

Emperor penguins (Aptenodytes forsteri) on pack ice, McMurdo Sound, Ross Sea, Antarctica

Emperor penguins (Aptenodytes forsteri) on pack ice, McMurdo Sound, Ross Sea, Antarctica

King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) chicks in colony in the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic. South America, Falkland Islands, Volunteer Point

Mating Rockhopper Penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome), subspecies Southern R. Eudyptes chrysocome chrysocome, during spring on Saunders Island. South America, Falkland Islands, October

King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) on the Falkland Islands. South America, Falkland Islands, Volunteer Point

King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) group on a beach in the Falkland Islands. South America, Falkland Islands, Volunteer Point

King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) chick on beach in the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic. South America, Falkland Islands, Saunders Island

Magellanic penguin (Spheniscus magellanicus) in a cold sunset,l Volunteer Point, East Falkland

King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) chick follows adult in the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic. South America, Falkland Islands, Saunders Island

Rockhopper Penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome), subspecies Southern R. Eudyptes chrysocome chrysocome, during spring on Saunders Island. South America, Falkland Islands, October

King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) adult feeding chick in colony. South America, Falkland Islands, Volunteer Point

King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) on the Falkland Islands. South America, Falkland Islands, Volunteer Point

Moseley's penguin (Eudyptes moseleyi) also called Northern Rockhopper Penguin on Bleaker Island. Breeding on Tristan da Cunha and Gough Island, on the Falklands it is a extremely rare vagrant. South America, Falkland Islands, summer

Gentoo Penguin (Pygoscelis papua) with chicks, Carcass island, Falkland.

Macaroni Penguin (Eudyptes chrysolophus), Peeble island, Falkland

King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) brooding eggs, Saunders island, Falkland

King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) one year old chick claiming food from an adult, Saunders island, Falkland

King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus), head of a molting chick, Saunders island, Falkland

Royal Penguin (Eudyptes schlegeli) coastal colony, Sandy Bay, Macquarie Island, Tasmania

Adelie penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae) on ice in the Ross Sea, Cape Adare, Adare Peninsula, Antarctica,