Young wandering albatross (Diomedea exulans) on the wing near the Antarctic Peninsula, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

Adult wandering albatross (Diomedea exulans) on the wing near the Antarctic Peninsula, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

Young wandering albatross (Diomedea exulans) on the wing near the Antarctic Peninsula, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

Iceberg detail in and around the Antarctic Peninsula during the summer months, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

Iceberg detail in and around the Antarctic Peninsula during the summer months, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

Ice held up to the sun near the Antarctic Peninsula during the summer months, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

Iceberg and coast around 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

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

Adult Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddellii) hauled out on ice near the Antarctic Peninsula, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

Adult Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddellii) hauled out on ice near the Antarctic Peninsula, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

Adult Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddellii) hauled out on ice near the Antarctic Peninsula, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

Adult Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddellii) hauled out on ice near the Antarctic Peninsula, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

Adult Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddellii) hauled out on ice near the Antarctic Peninsula, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

Adult Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddellii) hauled out on ice near the Antarctic Peninsula, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

Adult Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddellii) hauled out on ice near the Antarctic Peninsula, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

Adult Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddellii) hauled out on ice near the Antarctic Peninsula, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

Antarctic tern (Sterna vittata) in brash ice near the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

Iceberg detail in and around the Antarctic Peninsula during the austral summer months, Southern Ocean, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Southern Right Whale (Eubalaena australis) adult surfacing near Puerto Pyramides, Peninsula Valdez, Argentina.

Southern Right Whale (Eubalaena australis) adult surfacing near Puerto Pyramides, Peninsula Valdez, Argentina.

Southern right whale (Eubalaena australis) mother and calf being harassed by kelp gull, Peninsula Valdez, Argentina.

Southern right whale (Eubalaena australis) mother and calf being harassed by kelp gull, Peninsula Valdez, Argentina.

Southern right whale (Eubalaena australis) calf surfacing near Puerto Pyramides, Golfo Nuevo, Peninsula Valdez, Argentina.

Southern right whale (Eubalaena australis) adult surfacing near Puerto Pyramides, Peninsula Valdez, Argentina.

Aerial of Cape Horn, southern most point in South America, Hornos island, Tierra del Fuego, Chile, South America

An adult southern fulmar (Fulmarus glacialoides), feeding underwater on krill in Lindblad Cove, Trinity Peninsula, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Southern Giant Petrel (Macronectes giganteus), moss covered rock, Torgersen Island, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Aerial of Cape Horn, southern most point in South America, Hornos island, Tierra del Fuego, Chile, South America

An adult southern fulmar (Fulmarus glacialoides), feeding on krill in Lindblad Cove, Trinity Peninsula, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Surfers at this popular surf beach at the southern tip of the Nicoya Peninsula, Santa Teresa, Puntarenas, Costa Rica, Central America

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

Adult leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) hauled out on ice floe near the Antarctic Peninsula, Southern Ocean

Curious adult leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) approaches Zodiac near Booth Island, Antarctica, Southern Ocean

An adult kelp gull (Larus dominicanus) in flight near the Antarctic peninsula in the southern ocean. This is the only gull regularly found in the Antarctic peninsula to a latitude of 68 degrees south.

Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) surfacing near Zodiac near the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, Southern Ocean

Adult Antarctic Minke Whale (Balaenoptera bonaerensis), also known as the Southern Minke Whale, breaching near the Antarctic Peninsula

Wandering albatross (Diomedea exulans) on the wing in the Drake Passage between the tip of South America and the Antarctic Peninsula, Southern ocean

Southern Giant Petrel (Macronectes giganteus) taking flight near the Antarctic Peninsula, Southern Ocean

An adult Brown Skua (Catharacta antarctica) near the Antarctic peninsula in the southern ocean

Iceberg detail in and around the Antarctic Peninsula during the summer months, Southern Ocean

Curious adult leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) approaches Zodiac near Booth Island, Antarctica, Southern Ocean

Adult Fin Whale (Balaenoptera physalus) power lunging in the Drake Passage between South America and the Antarctic Peninsula, Southern Ocean

Antarctic Fur Seal (Arctocephalus gazella) during snow storm at Brown Bluff on the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, Southern Ocean

Adult Antarctic Minke Whale (Balaenoptera bonaerensis), also known as the Southern Minke Whale, breaching near the Antarctic Peninsula

Wandering albatross (Diomedea exulans) on the wing in the Drake Passage between the tip of South America and the Antarctic Peninsula, Southern ocean

Iceberg detail in and around the Antarctic Peninsula during the summer months, Southern Ocean

Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) surfacing near Zodiac near the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, Southern Ocean

Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) spy-hopping near Zodiac near the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, Southern Ocean

Ice held up to the sun near the Antarctic Peninsula during the summer months, Southern Ocean

Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) surfacing near Zodiac near the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, Southern Ocean

An adult Brown Skua (Catharacta antarctica) in flight near the Antarctic peninsula in the southern ocean

Adult leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) hauled out on ice floe near the Antarctic Peninsula, Southern Ocean

Adult Fin Whale (Balaenoptera physalus) power lunging in the Drake Passage between South America and the Antarctic Peninsula, Southern Ocean

Adult leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) hauled out on ice floe near the Antarctic Peninsula, Southern Ocean

An adult Brown Skua (Catharacta antarctica) in the Antarctic peninsula in the southern ocean

Wandering albatross (Diomedea exulans) on the wing in the Drake Passage between the tip of South America and the Antarctic Peninsula, Southern ocean

Adult leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) hauled out on ice floe near the Antarctic Peninsula, Southern Ocean

Antarctic fur seal pup (Arctocephalus gazella) near the abandoned whaling station at Stromness Bay on South Georgia, Southern Ocean

Lindblad Expeditions staff member Lisa Trotter next to a HUGE adult male leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) hauled out on the beach at Salisbury Plains in the Bay of Isles, Southern Ocean

Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddelli). Close up of head. Antarctic Peninsula, Southern Ocean.

Wandering albatross (Diomedea exulans) on the wing in the Drake Passage between the tip of South America and the Antarctic Peninsula, Southern ocean

Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) flukes-up dive near the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, Southern Ocean

Southern Giant Petrel (Macronectes giganteus) on the water around the Antarctic Peninsula. Note the light coloration of the plumage of this animal.

Weddell Seal (Leptonychotes weddellii) hauled out on ice near the Antarctic Peninsula, southern Ocean

Adult female leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) with Lindblad Expedition guests at Brown Bluff near the Antarctic Peninsula, Southern Ocean

Photographers and adult leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) hauled out on ice floe near the Antarctic Peninsula, Southern Ocean

Adult female leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) stalking, then killing and eating an adult gentoo penguin in Paradise Bay, Antarctica, Southern Ocean

Wandering albatross (Diomedea exulans) on the wing in the Drake Passage between the tip of South America and the Antarctic Peninsula, Southern ocean

Adult female leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) stalking, then killing and eating an adult gentoo penguin in Paradise Bay, Antarctica, Southern Ocean

Southern Giant Petrel (Macronectes giganteus) on the wing in and around the Antarctic Peninsula. (rr)

Adult female leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) hauled out on ice floe in Kayak Cove on Brabant Island near the Antarctic Peninsula, Southern Ocean

Adult Grey-headed Albatross, (Thalassarche chrysostoma) on the wing in the Drake Passage between South America and the Antarctic Peninsula, Southern Ocean

Weddell Seal (Leptonychotes weddellii) hauled out on the beach at Brown Bluff on the Antarctic Peninsula, southern Ocean

Adult leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) near the Antarctic Peninsula, Southern Ocean

Wandering albatross (Diomedea exulans) on the wing in the Drake Passage between the tip of South America and the Antarctic Peninsula, Southern ocean

Adult female leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) stalking, then killing and eating an adult gentoo penguin in Paradise Bay, Antarctica, Southern Ocean

Wandering albatross (Diomedea exulans) on the wing in the Drake Passage between the tip of South America and the Antarctic Peninsula, Southern ocean

Adult Brown Skua (Catharacta antarctica) near the Antarctic peninsula in the southern ocean

A small pod of about 25 "Type B" killer whales (Orcinus orca) near the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, Southern Ocean

Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddelli). Close up of head. Antarctic Peninsula, Southern Ocean.

Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) surfacing near Zodiac near the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, Southern Ocean

Wandering albatross (Diomedea exulans) on the wing in the Drake Passage between the tip of South America and the Antarctic Peninsula, southern ocean.

Weddell Seal (Leptonychotes weddellii) hauled out on ice near the Antarctic Peninsula, southern Ocean

Adult female leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) killing and eating a juvenile Ad?lie penguin at Brown Bluff near the Antarctic Peninsula, Southern Ocean

Adult light-mantled sooty albatross (Phoebetria palpebrata) on the wing in Drake Passage between the tip of South America and the Antarctic peninsula, southern ocean.

Antarctic Fur Seal (Arctocephalus gazella) during snow storm at Brown Bluff on the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, Southern Ocean

An adult kelp gull (Larus dominicanus) in flight near the Antarctic peninsula in the southern ocean

Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) flukes-up dive with kelp gulls near the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, Southern Ocean

Adult Antarctic Minke Whale (Balaenoptera bonaerensis), also known as the Southern Minke Whale, surfacing near the Antarctic Peninsula

Adult light-mantled sooty albatross (Phoebetria palpebrata) on the wing in Drake Passage between the tip of South America and the Antarctic peninsula, southern ocean.

Wandering albatross (Diomedea exulans) on the wing in the Drake Passage between the tip of South America and the Antarctic Peninsula, Southern ocean

Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddelli), hauled out. Antarctic Peninsula, Southern Ocean.

Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddelli). Close up of head. Antarctic Peninsula, Southern Ocean.

Adult bull Southern Elephant Seal (Mirounga leonina) hauled out (note huge proboscis) on Peninsula Valdes, Argentina. Atlantic Ocean.

An adult Brown Skua (Catharacta antarctica) in the Antarctic peninsula in the southern ocean

Adult female leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) stalking, then killing and eating an adult gentoo penguin in Paradise Bay, Antarctica, Southern Ocean

Adult light-mantled sooty albatross (Phoebetria palpebrata) on the wing in Drake Passage between the tip of South America and the Antarctic peninsula, Southern Ocean