Chilean Base Presidente Gabriel Gonzales Videla in the Errera Channel on the western side of the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

Huge arched iceberg near Petermann Island, western side of the Antarctic Peninsula, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

Icicles hanging from iceberg in the Yalour Islands, western side of the Antarctic Peninsula, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

Huge arched iceberg near Petermann Island, western side of the Antarctic Peninsula, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

First year sea ice and brash ice near Petermann Island, western side of the Antarctic Peninsula, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

Huge mushroom shaped iceberg in Dorian Bay, western side of the Antarctic Peninsula, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

Outlet glacier descending from main ice sheet, along north side of Prins Christian Sund, southern tip of Greenland, Polar Regions

Huge arched iceberg near Petermann Island, western side of the Antarctic Peninsula, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

Huge iceberg in Port Lockroy, western side of the Antarctic Peninsula, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

First year sea ice and brash ice near Petermann Island, western side of the Antarctic Peninsula, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

Huge arched iceberg near Petermann Island, western side of the Antarctic Peninsula, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

Sea ice mixed with brash ice near Pleneau Island, western side of the Antarctic Peninsula, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

Huge blue iceberg near Petermann Island, western side of the Antarctic Peninsula, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

Huge mushroom shaped iceberg in Dorian Bay, western side of the Antarctic Peninsula, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

Snow-capped mountains in the Errera Channel on the western side of the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

Sea ice mixed with brash ice near Pleneau Island, western side of the Antarctic Peninsula, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

Snow-capped mountains in the Errera Channel on the western side of the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

Huge arched iceberg near Petermann Island, western side of the Antarctic Peninsula, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

Icefall at end of outlet glacier descending from main ice sheet, along north side of Prins Christian Sund, southern tip of Greenland, Greenland, Polar Regions

Icicles hanging from iceberg in the Yalour Islands, western side of the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

Sea ice mixed with brash ice near Pleneau Island, western side of the Antarctic Peninsula, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

Huge arched iceberg in Neko Harbour, western side of the Antarctic Peninsula, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

Sea ice mixed with brash ice near Pleneau Island, western side of the Antarctic Peninsula, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

Icicles hanging from iceberg on Booth Island, western side of the Antarctic Peninsula, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

Huge iceberg amongst sea ice near Petermann Island, western side of the Antarctic Peninsula, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

Huge iceberg amongst sea ice in the Yalour Islands, western side of the Antarctic Peninsula, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

Huge iceberg amongst sea ice near Petermann Island, western side of the Antarctic Peninsula, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

Huge iceberg amongst sea ice near Petermann Island, western side of the Antarctic Peninsula, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

Outlet glaciers descending from main ice sheet, along north side of Prins Christian Sund, southern tip of Greenland, Greenland, Polar Regions

Huge iceberg amongst sea ice near Petermann Island, western side of the Antarctic Peninsula, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

Huge iceberg in Port Lockroy, western side of the Antarctic Peninsula, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

Huge iceberg near Booth Island, western side of the Antarctic Peninsula, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

Huge iceberg in Mickelson Harbor, western side of the Antarctic Peninsula, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

View of tidewater glacier deep inside Neko Harbor on the western side of the Antarctic Peninsula, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

Icebergs and sea ice in the Weddell Sea on the eastern side of the Antarctic Peninsula during the summer months, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

Icebergs and sea ice in the Weddell Sea on the eastern side of the Antarctic Peninsula during the summer months, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

Iceberg in the Weddell Sea on the eastern side of the Antarctic Peninsula during the summer months, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

Iceberg in Lemaire Channel on the western side of the Antarctic Peninsula during the summer months, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

Iceberg in Lemaire Channel on the western side of the Antarctic Peninsula during the summer months, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

View of sun halo inside Neko Harbor on the western side of the Antarctic Peninsula, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

Views of the glaciers and mountains of Drygalski Fjord on the southeast side of South Georgia, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

Views of the glaciers and mountains of Drygalski Fjord on the southeast side of South Georgia, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

Views of the glaciers and mountains of Drygalski Fjord on the southeast side of South Georgia, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

Views of the glaciers and mountains of Drygalski Fjord on the southeast side of South Georgia, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

Views of the glaciers and mountains of Drygalski Fjord on the southeast side of South Georgia, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

The old road snaking up the southern side of the St. Gotthard Pass, with first autumn snow on the mountains, in Ticino, Switzerland, Europe

View of Jasper Forest in Petrified Forest National Park Arizona from the southern side of Agate Plateau.

A mother and newborn pup leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) hauled out on ice floes on the western side of the Antarctic peninsula, Southern Ocean

Emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) on land, side view of penguin, Ross Sea, Antarctica, Southern Ocean.

A small pod of about 12 Type B Orca (Orcinus nanus) encountered in Southern Gerlache Strait near the western side of the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica

Emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri), side view of penguin, Ross Sea, Antarctica, Southern Ocean.

Sunset over the southern Baja Peninsula in Baja California Sur, Mexico. This photo is taken from a boat on the Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez) side of the peninsula.

A small pod of about 12 Type B Orca (Orcinus nanus) encountered in Southern Gerlache Strait near the western side of the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica

Views of the glaciers and mountains of Drygalski Fjord on the southeast side of South Georgia, Southern Ocean

Views of the eastern side of the Antarctic Peninsula in the Weddell Sea, Antarctica

Views of the glaciers and mountains of Drygalski Fjord on the southeast side of South Georgia, Southern Ocean

A mother and newborn pup leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) hauled out on ice floes on the western side of the Antarctic peninsula, Southern Ocean

Icebergs and sea ice in the Weddell Sea on the eastern side of the Antarctic Peninsula during the summer months, Southern Ocean

Sunset over the southern Baja Peninsula in Baja California Sur, Mexico. This photo is taken from a boat on the Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez) side of the peninsula.

Sunset over the southern Baja Peninsula in Baja California Sur, Mexico. This photo is taken from a boat on the Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez) side of the peninsula.

Sunset over the southern Baja Peninsula in Baja California Sur, Mexico. This photo is taken from a boat on the Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez) side of the peninsula.

Snowy mountain road, Aletsch Glacier, Languedoc-Roussillon, Switzerland

Strawberry Poison Frog (Dendrobates pumilio), adult, Bastimentos National Park, Bocas del Toro, Panama. The strawberry poison frog or strawberry poison-dart frog (Oophaga pumilio or Dendrobates pumilio) is a species of small amphibian poison dart frog found in Central America. It is common throughout its range, which extends from eastern central Nicaragua through Costa Rica and northwestern Panama. The species is often found in humid lowlands and premontane forest, but large populations are also found in disturbed areas such as plantations. The strawberry poison frog is perhaps most famous for its widespread variation in coloration, comprising approximately 15���30 color morphs, most of which are presumed to be true-breeding. O. pumilio, while not the most poisonous of the dendrobatids, is the most toxic member of its genus. The species is most diverse in Panama with varieties in vivid shades of all red, orange, blue, yellow or green, green and yellow, white with red, orange or black and spotted varieties. The most colorful mix is found in Isla Bastimentos Marine National Park though not all in one place. Colors vary by location. A beach on the north side of the island is named after the species. Two of Southern Explorations' Panama tours visit red frog habitat. Both the eight-day Panama Adventure trip and eleven-day Panama Highlights trip spend time in Isla Bastimentos Marine National Park and the former also goes to Red Frog Beach. The red frog is not as poisonous as some of its cousins and is not a threat to humans. It subsists on a diet of ants that dine on poisonous plants, providing the red frog its protective skin toxin. Males attract females with a loud quick chirp. To hear the distinctive sound before you depart on your Panama tours, go to the University of Michigan Museum's biodiversity website (www.animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu.) After birth, the tadpoles climb aboard the mother who deposits them in different protected areas where she retu

The amazing area of the southern Milky Way in Carina and Crux, the brightest part of the Milky Way after the galactic core region. At right is the Carina Nebula, with the Southern Pleiades cluster, IC 2602, below it. The Football Cluster, NGC 3532, is at upper left of the Carina Nebula. At centre is the region of Lambda Centauri, with the star cluster NGC 3766, the Pearl Cluster, above the emission nebulosity. At left is the Southern Cross, with the dark Coal Sack at bottom left of the Cross, with thin tendrils extending to the right. To the left of Alpha Cruxis at the bottom of the Cross is the star cluster NGC 4609; aboive Alpha is NGC 4649. To the left of Beta Cruxis at the left side of the Cross is the Jewel Box Cluster, NGC 4755.

Ascent of Piz Boe Mountain on the Piazzetta Climbing Route, Dolomites, Alto Adige, Italy, Europe

King penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) walking in front of a mating Southern Elephant Seal (Mirounga leonina), St. Andrews Bay, South Georgia Island

Lions (Panthera leo) on a captured elephant, Savuti, Chobe national park, Botswana, Africa

Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major), perched on a larch tree trunk, biosphere, Swabian Alb, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major), perched on a birch tree trunk, fungus, biosphere, Swabian Alb, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Cinereous Vulture, Black Vulture or Monk Vulture (Aegypius monachus), portrait, native to Southern Europe and Central Asia, in captivity, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Edible frog (Rana esculenta), between water lilies in water, Luisenpark, Mannheim, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Schuhplattler, traditional folk dancer, 83rd Loisachgaufest in Neufahrn near Egling, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Ascent of Piz Boe Mountain on the Piazzetta Climbing Route, Dolomites, Alto Adige, Italy, Europe

Ascent of Piz Boe Mountain on the Piazzetta Climbing Route, Dolomites, Alto Adige, Italy, Europe

Arctic fox (Alopex lagopus) in the Þorsmoerk, Thorsmoerk mountain ridge, southern Iceland, Europe

Hikers climbing Mt Marmolata, fixed rope route on west ridge, Dolomites mountain range, Italy, Europe

Mountaineers climbing Vertainspitze mountain, Ortler Alps, province of Bolzano-Bozen, Italy, Europe

Evzone, Greek guard soldier from the village Evzone, traditional changing of the guard in front of the Greek Parliament, Athens, Greece, Europe

Edible frog (Rana esculenta), pair in water, Luisenpark, Mannheim, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Flying Flamingo (Phoenicopterus) in the evening light in the Parc de Gau, Camargue, southern France, France, Europe

Votive candles in the side chapel of the church in El Rocio, Andalusia, Spain, Europe

Stone bust on the grave of Dr. Justus Freiherr von Liebig, 1803-1873, chemist, Alter Suedfriedhof, old cemetery in Munich, Bavaria, Germany

Grave of Josef Hoechl, 1777-1838, municipal architect, Alter Suedfriedhof, old cemetery in Munich, Bavaria, Germany

Stairway to the terrace of a small hotel in front of the inner side of the caldera with a steep drop to the blue sea, Thira, Fira, Santorini, Cyclades, Greece, Europe

Stone relief, Industrial Club, Museum, Art nouveau, Alcoy/Alcoi, Alicante, Spain

Playa del Socorro beach on the north side of Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain

Lueftl Malerei, traditional mural painting on the side of Hansel und Gretel house, Oberammergau, Upper Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Lueftl Malerei with fairytale images, traditional mural painting on the side of a house, Oberammergau, Upper Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Decorated horse, braided tail, traditional Georgiritt, pilgrimage for St George, at the Penzberg Hubkapelle Chapel, Upper Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Rear entrance of the Friedrichsbad Spa, built by Frederick II, Grand Duke of Baden, 1869-1877, Renaissance Revival style, one atlant on each side, stone architectural supports in the form of men, Roemerplatz 1, Baden-Baden, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Eu

Ortenberg Castle, near Offenburg, Black Forest, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Cow wearing a cow bell, Pfronten, Ostallgaeu district, Allgaeu region, Swabia region, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Wild Cat (Felis silvestris) in the snow, Bavarian Forest National Park, enclosed area, Neuschoenau, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Monument to Giuseppe Garibaldi, by Emilio Gallori, 1895, Piazzale Giuseppe Garibaldi, Janiculum hill, Trastevere ward, Rome, Latium, Italy, Europe

Side street with flowering bougainvillea bushes, Fataga, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain, Europe

Side street with flowering bougainvillea bushes, Fataga, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain, Europe

Detail, Essent ISU World Speedskating Championships 2011, Inzell Skating Stadium, Upper Bavaria, Germany, Europe

DKW 3=6 Sonderklasse F 91 saloon special, built in 1955, museum mobile, Erlebniswelt Audi, Audi, Ingolstadt, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Alpacas (Lama pacos), alpaca breeding, Schwaebisch Gmuend, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Bull during the running of the bulls in Peniscola, Spain, Europe