Gentoo penguins (Pygoscelis papua) mate during breeding season, the Neck, Saunders Island, Falkland Islands, South America

Adult chinstrap penguins (Pygoscelis antarctica) mating at Baily Head on Deception Island, Antarctica, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

First season king penguin (Aptenodytes patagonica) chick stretching its wings, Salisbury Plain, South Georgia, Polar Regions

A gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua) breeding colony on Pleneau Island in early season, Antarctica, Polar Regions

King penguin (Aptenodytes patagonica) adult and first season chick, Salisbury Plain, South Georgia, Polar Regions

Lindblad Expeditions guests on board the National Geographic Explorer with a lone adult emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) on sea ice, Antarctica

Lindblad Expeditions guests with a lone adult emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) on sea ice in the Gullet between Adelaide Island and the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica.

Lindblad Expeditions guests with a lone adult emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) on sea ice in the Gullet between Adelaide Island and the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica.

A lone adult emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) on sea ice in the Gullet between Adelaide Island and the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica.

Lindblad Expeditions guests with a lone adult emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) on sea ice in the Gullet between Adelaide Island and the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica.

Lindblad Expeditions guests with a lone adult emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) on sea ice in the Gullet between Adelaide Island and the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica.

A lone adult emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) and crabeater seal on sea ice in the Gullet between Adelaide Island and the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica.

Adelie penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae) mock-mating (it is not mating season) on the beach on Paulet Island, Antarctic Peninsula. Adelie penguins are truly an ice dependant penguin species.

Lindblad Expeditions guests with a lone adult emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) on sea ice in the Gullet between Adelaide Island and the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica.

Lindblad Expeditions guests on board the National Geographic Explorer with a lone adult emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) on sea ice, Antarctica

King penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus), pair in courtship, Gold Harbour, South Georgia, Antarctica