Grave site with memorials to whalers and scientists, Laurie Island, South Orkney Islands, Antarctica, Polar Regions

View over Coronation Island, South Orkney Islands, Antarctica, Polar Regions

View over a southern elephant seal colony (Mirounga leonina), Coronation Island, South Orkney Islands, Antarctica, Polar Regions

View over Coronation Island, South Orkney Islands, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Antarctic fur seal (Arctocephalus gazella) colony, Coronation Island, South Orkney Islands, Antarctica, Polar Regions

View over Coronation Island, South Orkney Islands, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Antarctic fur seals (Arctocephalus gazella) colony, Coronation Island, South Orkney Islands, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Antarctic fur seal (Arctocephalus gazella), Coronation Island, South Orkney Islands, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Glacier hanging on the rocks of Coronation Island, South Orkney Islands, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Southern elephant seal colony (Mirounga leonina), Coronation Island, South Orkney Islands, Antarctica, Polar Regions

A curious male leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx), underwater at Monroe Island, South Orkney Islands, Antarctica, Polar Regions

A curious male leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx), underwater at Monroe Island, South Orkney Islands, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Adult fin whales (Balaenoptera physalus), feeding on krill near Coronation Island, South Orkney Islands, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Cape petrel flying over iceberg near Coronation Island, South Orkney Islands, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Adult fin whales (Balaenoptera physalus), feeding on krill near Coronation Island, South Orkney Islands, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Adult fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus), feeding on krill near Coronation Island, South Orkney Islands, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Iceberg at dawn, off Laurie Island, South Orkney Islands, Polar Regions

Adult fin whales (Balaenoptera physalus), feeding on krill near Coronation Island, South Orkney Islands, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Adult fin whales (Balaenoptera physalus), feeding on krill near Coronation Island, South Orkney Islands, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Adult fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus), feeding on krill near Coronation Island, South Orkney Islands, Antarctica, Polar Regions

A curious male leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx), underwater at Monroe Island, South Orkney Islands, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Adult fin whales (Balaenoptera physalus), feeding on krill near Coronation Island, South Orkney Islands, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Chinstrap penguins (Pygoscelis antarcticus), on the beach at Coronation Island, South Orkney Islands, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Adult Adelie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae), Coronation Island, South Orkney Islands, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Chinstrap penguin (Pygoscelis antarcticus), on eggs at Coronation Island, South Orkney Islands, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Adult Southern fulma (Fulmarus glacialoides) in flight at Coronation Island, South Orkney Islands, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Icebergs, Laurie Island, South Orkney Islands, Polar Regions

Gentoo penguins (Pygoscelis papua), on ice in Shingle Cove, Coronation Island, South Orkney Islands, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Adult Adelie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae), Coronation Island, South Orkney Islands, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Icebergs at dawn off Laurie Island, South Orkney Islands, Polar Regions

Stromness from the south, Mainland, Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Icebergs and clouds at Laurie Island, South Orkney Islands, Polar Regions

Base Orcadas is an Argentine scientific station in Antarctica, and the oldest of the stations in Antarctica still in operation. It is located on Laurie Island, one of the South Orkney Islands, just off the Antarctic Peninsular. The Antarctic Peninsular is one of the fastest warming places on the planet.

Supplies at Base Orcadas which is an Argentine scientific station in Antarctica, and the oldest of the stations in Antarctica still in operation. It is located on Laurie Island, one of the South Orkney Islands, just off the Antarctic Peninsular. The Antarctic Peninsular is one of the fastest warming places on the planet.

Base Orcadas is an Argentine scientific station in Antarctica, and the oldest of the stations in Antarctica still in operation. It is located on Laurie Island, one of the South Orkney Islands, just off the Antarctic Peninsular. The Antarctic Peninsular is one of the fastest warming places on the planet.

Supplies at Base Orcadas which is an Argentine scientific station in Antarctica, and the oldest of the stations in Antarctica still in operation. It is located on Laurie Island, one of the South Orkney Islands, just off the Antarctic Peninsular. The Antarctic Peninsular is one of the fastest warming places on the planet.

A Campbell Stokes Sunshine Recorder, which measures hours of sunlight at Base Orcadas, which is an Argentine scientific station in Antarctica, and the oldest of the stations in Antarctica still in operation. It is located on Laurie Island, one of the South Orkney Islands, just off the Antarctic Peninsular. The Antarctic Peninsular is one of the fastest warming places on the planet.

Base Orcadas is an Argentine scientific station in Antarctica, and the oldest of the stations in Antarctica still in operation. It is located on Laurie Island, one of the South Orkney Islands, just off the Antarctic Peninsular. The Antarctic Peninsular is one of the fastest warming places on the planet.

Adult chinstrap penguins (Pygoscelis antarctica) on icebergs in the South Orkney Island Group, Antarctica.

Weddell Seal (Leptonychotes weddellii) hauled out on Coronation Island in the South Orkneys, Southern Ocean