Your Antarctica Photos -- National Geographic

Auster Rookery
Photograph by Adam Wightman, My Shot
This photo was taken at Auster Rookery while I was working for the Australian Antarctic Division at Mawson Station during the summer of 2006. He/she is a juvenile emperor penguin and appeared to be looking after the younger chicks, almost like a babysitter. Such a beautiful place when the weather is fine.
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Pleneau Bay
Photograph by Sander Klaassen, My Shot
This amazing iceberg was shot in Pleneau Bay, Antarctica.
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Bird's-Eye View
Photograph by Jessica Rousseau, My Shot
I used to work on a square-rigged tall ship sailing between Ushuaia and the Antarctic Peninsula. Climbing aloft to set or furl the sails yielded some incredible scenery.
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Pleneau Bay
Photograph by Jonathan Green, My Shot
Even with my dry suit, this split shot took so much time that I was frozen. Using a housing on my Nikon D200 with 12mm lens and fish-eye port, I was able to capture the mass of ice that represents the greater part of an iceberg under the water. The conditions off Pleneau Island, close to the Antarctic Circle on the peninsula, were near perfect with a clear blue day, bright sunshine, and crystal clear water. A day to remember and a moment never to be forgotten.
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Mertz Glacier
Photograph by Juls Mayoramsay, My Shot
Our ship's shadow as it passes close by the Mertz Glacier in Antarctica
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Devil Island Penguins
Photograph by Todd White, My Shot
This picture was taken from a Zodiac just offshore of Devil Island in the Weddell Sea, Antarctica. We have no clue how this group of Adélie penguins got up here, as it is a minimum of ten feet down in all directions of the iceberg.
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Whale
Photograph by Carl Palazzolo, My Shot
Bottoms up
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Half Moon Island
Photograph by Christian Wilkinson, My Shot
I took this picture at Half Moon Island on the Antarctic Peninsula. Initially, I was interested in photographing the iceberg but when I got closer it became apparent that the chinstrap penguin had decided to reside there for a while. I shot the picture wide, allowing for the penguin to be appreciated in its natural habitat. The grand scale of the iceberg, dwarfing the little creature, is a reflection of life in Antarctica, an environment of true magnitude and extremes.
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King Penguin Fledgling
Photograph by Gillian Merritt, My Shot
An almost grown king penguin on the island of South Georgia in Antarctica. Standing among hundreds of thousands of vocal youngsters was a moving experience, especially witnessing the harsh conditions that they live in. Until all their fluffy down is replaced by their swimming plumage, they are unable to go into the water to feed for themselves and often have to wait long periods of time before they are found by their parents and fed. This particular individual reminded me of a bad hair day.
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Charlotte Bay
Photograph by David Lichtneker, My Shot
This was taken at Charlotte Bay in Antarctica in March 2008 during a two-week expedition.
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Russian Orthodox Church, King George Island
Photograph by Benjamin Cooper, My Shot
This Russian Orthodox church is out of place on King George Island in Antarctica. It was transported there from Siberia in pieces.
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Cecilie Skog
Photograph by Ryan Waters, My Shot
Norwegian adventurer Cecilie Skog navigates wind-eroded snow known as sastrugi on Antarctica. Skog and American Ryan Waters completed the first ever unsupported and unassisted ski traverse of Antarctica on January 21, 2010. The team skied for 70 days over 1,170 miles from Berkner Island via the South Pole to the Ross Sea.
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Icebergs
Photograph by Susan Lorentz, My Shot
Photographed in Antarctica, January 2009
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Fur Seal
Photograph by Steve Johnson, My Shot
I was fortunate enough to be able to go on a cruise with my father a few years ago, visiting Antarctica by way of South Georgia Island. The wildlife there is amazing, and this shot always brings a smile to my face. There were numerous king penguins and fur seals. This fur seal was rolling around in the feathers that collected at the tide line and came up looking, well, kind of like a chocolate sundae covered in coconut!
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Emperor Penguin
Photograph by David Schultz, My Shot
Emperor penguin framed by a hole in an iceberg, Weddell Sea, Antarctica
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South Pole Tent
Photograph by Patrick Cullis, My Shot
A Scott tent set up at the Geographic South Pole, Antarctica. Set up outside the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station. A 30-second exposure of an aurora over the tent used for camping during the winter of 2009. Campers overnight here in order to get out of the station and sleep at -80ºF.
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Penguins
Photograph by Orah Weisberg, My Shot
Furry friends
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Emperor Penguins
Photograph by Pierce Berolzheimer, My Shot
I took this photo when I was in Antarctica in 2008.
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Rounded Icebergs
Photograph by Donna Foulger, My Shot
A sculpted iceberg formation sits among bergs in Neko Bay, Antarctica.
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Gentoo Penguins
Photograph by Richard Sidey, My Shot
Gentoo penguins traveling at high speed in Antarctica
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Deception Island
Photograph by Fatima Williamson, My Shot
Deception Island, Antarctic Peninsula
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Neko Harbour
Photograph by Hsuan Tang, My Shot
The photo was taken in November 2008 at Neko Harbour, Antarctica. Those gentoo penguins were observing the melting ice. They seemed to worry about the crisis of global warming as we humans do.
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Cormorants
Photograph by Kate Fife, My Shot
During a Zodiac ride on a family trip to Antarctica, three blue-eyed cormorants came flying next to the boat and gracefully glided past. The textured iceberg in the background seemed like a great backdrop.
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Lemaire Channel
Photograph by Dorte Hansen, My Shot
I enjoyed this amazing and breathtaking sunset in the Lemaire Channel onboard the M.V. Fram, cruising Antarctica.
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Lake Hoare Camp
Photograph by Sean Halsey, My Shot
This is a photograph I took of Lake Hoare camp in Taylor Valley, Antarctica, as the moon rose over Canada Glacier on Easter weekend 2008.
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Offloading Fuel
Photograph by Devon Pike, My Shot
Kristina Olin, a "fuelie," removes a fuel nozzle and hose from an LC-130 Hercules aircraft at Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station in Antarctica. Fuel is offloaded from the plane to replenish reserves used by the diesel generators that power the station.
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Ice Hikers
Photograph by Anna Possberg Anneliese, My Shot
Riiser-Larsen Ice Shelf, Weddell Sea, Antarctica
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Emperor Penguins
Photograph by Anna Possberg Anneliese, My Shot
Atka Bay, Weddell Sea, Antarctica
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Chinstrap Penguins
Photograph by Alan Simpson, My Shot
Young chinstrap penguins hitching a lift on a wave were washed onto the foreshore of a huge iceberg off Antarctica in December 2010.
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Weddell Seal
Photograph by Fatima Williamson, My Shot
A colony of Weddell seals made Half Moon Bay their home during a summer in Antarctica.
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Mountain Reflection
Photograph by Charles Ide, My Shot
Antarctic Peninsula
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Emperor Penguin
Photograph by Philip Bohlmann, My Shot
A small group of "Antarcticans" working at McMurdo Station were on a short recreational trip when they were sidetracked by a rare encounter with an emperor penguin. Here he is posing on the frozen sea ice with Little Razorback Island in the background.
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Iceberg Arch
Photograph by Kevin Knutson, My Shot
Near Cuverville Island, Antarctica. A large iceberg is pierced with an arch worthy of a cathedral.
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Anvers Island
Photograph by Peter Rejcek, My Shot
This shot was taken from an outcrop of Anvers Island, Antarctica. U.S. research station personnel use Zodiacs to travel around the Antarctic Peninsula. In this case, they were conducting a training mission, speeding along with an island in the middle ground, covered by Adélie penguin colonies, with the mountains of the Antarctic Peninsula rising sharply in the far background.
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Tourists
Photograph by James Buch, My Shot
A group of about 50 tourists from a cruise ship climbs to the top of an ice field near Brown Bluff on the Antarctic Peninsula.
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Mount Erebus
Photograph by Jessie Fudge, My Shot
Mount Erebus is an active volcano on Ross Island in Antarctica. This photo was captured while hiking on a sunny day and shows lenticular clouds floating above the volcano.
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Ice Runway
Photograph by Martyn Allen, My Shot
Kicking snow on the seventh continent. Barren but still beautiful. Taken close to midnight at Wilkins Runway, Antarctica, on December 21, the summer solstice.
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Penguins on Iceberg
Photograph by Fatima Williamson, My Shot
When our boat sailed the Antarctic Sound, we had the opportunity to see many icebergs. This special one looks like a dragon's head; it had Adélie penguins all over it.
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