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David Rootes, Antarctica

King Penguins on way to feed at sea climb snow bank past tussock. Right Whale Bay. South Georgia. Subantarctic.
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King Penguin chicks huddle for shelter in snow storm. Right Whale Bay. South Georgia. Subantarctic.
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King Penguins return over winter snow to feed chicks. Gold Harbour. South Georgia. Subantarctic.
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King Penguins pass Elephant Seals in blowing snow to feed chicks. Gold Harbour. South Georgia. Subantarctic.
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Light-Mantled Sooty Albatross, display flight over tussock. Gold Harbour. South Georgia. Subantarctic.
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Wandering Albatross chicks take 3-4 days to hatch. Day 1. Bird Island. South Georgia. Subantarctic.
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Wandering Albatross chicks take 3-4 days to hatch. Day 3. Bird Island. South Georgia. Subantarctic.
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First feed of Wandering Albatross chick 3-4 days after hatching. Bird Island. South Georgia. Subantarctic.
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First feed of Wandering Albatross chick 3-4 days after hatching. Bird Island. South Georgia. Subantarctic.
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Wandering Albatross running to take off after feeding chick. Bird Island. South Georgia. Subantarctic.
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Wandering Albatross running to take off after feeding chick. Bird Island. South Georgia. Subantarctic.
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Wandering Albatross chick strengthens wings for first flight. Trollhul. South Georgia. Subantarctic.
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Wandering Albatross chick only fed every 10-15 days in winter. Trollhul. South Georgia. Subantarctic.
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Wandering Albatross chick being fed in winter. Bird Island. South Georgia. Subantarctic.
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Winter sun on Wandering Albatross chick snowed in on nest. Bird Island. South Georgia. Subantarctic.
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Wandering Albatross pair (female on right) courtship displaying. Bird Island. South Georgia. Subantarctic.
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Wandering Albatross courtship displaying. Albatross Island. South Georgia. Subantarctic.
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Huge crevasses beside ice stream flowing from inland polar plateau. Queen Maud Land. Antarctica.
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Sunlight on ripples in blue ice beside inland continental nunataks. Sor Rondane. Queen Maud Land. Antarctica.
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Wind-sculpted snow-pack. In background Ulvetanna peak among continental mountains. Queen Maud Land. Antarctica.
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Wind-sculpted snow on the  polar plateau.Fenriskjeften Mountains in background. Queen Maud Land. Antarctica.
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Ice floes and open pack at mouth of Lemaire Channel. Mts on Weinke Island behind. Antarctic Peninsula.
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Elephant Seals, Male blows in the ear of a female in his harem. Gold Harbour. South Georgia. Subantarctic
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Leopard seal with a dead adelie penguin chick it has drowned. Dream Island. Antarctic Peninsula.
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Elephant Seal weaners in the surf by King Penguins, South Georgia. Subantarctic.
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Fur Seal Pup in grass above the beach at Stromness. South Georgia. Subantarctic.
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Chinstrap Penguins brave enormous waves to come ashore & leave Zavodovski Is Sth Sandwich Is.Subantarctic
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Chinstrap Penguins brave enormous waves to come ashore & leave Zavodovski Is Sth Sandwich Is.Subantarctic
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Icebergs beyond a Chinstrap Penguin Colony on Zavodovski Island, South Sandwich Islands. Subantarctic.
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Chinstrap adults and chicks, note nesting penguins high on the smoking volcano slope Zavodovski Is. Subantarctic
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Chinstrap adults and chicks, note nesting penguins high on the smoking volcano slope Zavodovski Is. Subantarctic
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Smoking Volcano with Penguins nesting high up the slopes. Zavodovski Island. Sth Sandwich Is.Subantarctic
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Gentoo Penguins struggle to walk up a slippery snow slope. Zavodovski Island. Sth Sandwich Is.Subantarctic
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Gentoo Penguins porpoise through the water, returning to roost. Cooper Bay. South Georgia. Subantarctic.
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Crevasses show the fast moving ice in an Ice Stream. Enderby Land. Antarctica.
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Crevasses show the fast moving ice in an Ice Stream. Enderby Land. Antarctica.
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Curves and ridges at the seaward edge of a crevassed, fast moving Ice Stream. Enderby Land. Antarctica.
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Curves and ridges at the seaward edge of a crevassed, fast moving Ice Stream. Enderby Land. Antarctica.
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Icebergs frozen into the sea at the end of fast moving heavily crevassed Ice Stream Enderby Land. Antarctica.
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Snow Petrel in its nest in a chink in a rock, with hardened regurgitate above. Queen Maud Land. Antarctica.
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 King Penguin Colony with a backdrop of Mountains and Glaciers. South Georgia. Sub Antarctic Islands.
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Rusting buildings and disused boats of the old whaling station at Leith. South Georgia. Sub Antarctic
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Using a snowplough to clear the blue ice runway at Patriot Hills. West Antarctica.
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Using a snowplough to clear the blue ice runway at Patriot Hills. West Antarctica.
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Using a snowplough to clear the blue ice runway at Patriot Hills. West Antarctica.
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Hercules lands on the blue ice runway at Patriot Hills. West Antarctica.
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Union Jack flag, tattered by the wind flies over the tents at Patriot Hills. West Antarctica.
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Discussing tactics at the fuel dump during a storm. Patriot Hills. West Antarctica.
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Driving snowmobiles into camp during a storm at Patriot Hills. Antarctica.
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Driving snowmobiles near camp during a storm at Patriot Hills. Antarctica.
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Prayer flags blow hard during a blizzard at Patriot Hills. Union Jack by a pyramid tent. Antarctica.
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Union Jack flag blows hard beside a pyramid tent during a blizzard at Patriot Hills. Antarctica.
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The Twin Otter tied down during a storm around the camp at Patriot Hills. Antarctica.
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Storm blowing over the camp at Patriot Hills, tents shine in the sunlight. Antarctica.
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Two twin otters tied down during a storm at Patriot Hills. Antarctica.
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Fur Seal mother suckles her new pup on a beach at Seal Island. South Shetland Islands. Antarctica.
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Sheathbill steals a meal from a chinstrap penguin chick on Seal Island. South Shetland Island. Antarctica.
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Chinstrap Penguins on the beach amongst the dramatic landscape of Seal Island. Sth Shetland Is. Antarctica
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Two Humpback Whales on the surface in a bay off Seal Island. South Shetland Islands. Antarctica.
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Two Humpback Whales on the surface in a bay off Seal Island. South Shetland Islands. Antarctica.
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Humpback Whale spy hopping off the coast of Seal Island. South Shetland Is. Antarctica.
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Two Humpback Whales on the surface in a bay off Seal Island. South Shetland Islands. Antarctica.
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Minke Whale surfaces in an Antarctic landscape. South Shetland Islands. Antarctica.
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Chinstrap Penguins on the beach amongst the dramatic landscape of The James Ross Island. Antarctica
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Adventure cruise ship, the Explorer amongst sea ice and mountains. James Ross Island. Antarctica.
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Dramatic iceberg, relected in the waters of Andvord Bay. Antarctic Peninsula.
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Tidewater Glacier, heavily crevassed runs into the sea in Andvord Bay, Antarctic Peninsula.
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Yacht amongst icebergs with a backdrop of glaciers in Andvord Bay. Antarctic Peninsula.
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Glacier runs to the edge of the sea in Andvord Bay, Antarctic Peninsula.
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Iceberg calved from the substantial glaciers in Andvord Bay. Antarctic Peninsula.
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Wind scoop in the snow between Mirny and Haswell Island, sea ice and bergs. Davis Sea. Antarctica.
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Bunger Hills seen through the shape of an icicle on a thawing iceberg. Antarctica.
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Icicles on a thawing iceberg near Molodezhnaya. Enderby Land. Antarctica.
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Iceberg in a stormy sea. Weddell Sea. Antarctica.
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South Polar Skua, Catharacta maccormicki, in the Bunger Hills. Queen Mary Coast. Antarctica.
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Ice covered Joinville Island in Antarctic Sound during a storm. Antarctica.
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Ice Cliff marks the edge of the continental ice at Mirny. Antarctica.
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Juvenile Crabeater Seal body 1100 km inland at Blue One. Queen Maud Land. East Antarctica.
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Woman Scientist Sam tagging Weddell Seal as part of a research programme at Davis. Antarctica.
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Scientist working on the ice at Blue One. Queen Maud Land Antarctica.
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Checking the wind speed before making a twin otter flight decision in Antarctica
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Moving equipment in a Hagglund at Davis Base. Antarctica.
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Checking the wind speed on the Polar Plateau. Antarctica.
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Rusting equipment dumped by the Russian Base at Mirny. Davis Sea. Antarctica.
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Icebergs dot the sea ice by the Russian Antarctic Base of Molodezhnaya. Enderby Land. Antarctica.
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Twin Otter on the sea ice by the Australian ANARE Base of Mawson. Antarctica.
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Rusting hulks of old whale catcher boats rot in the harbour at Grytviken. South Georgia. Sub Antarctic Is.
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Actors in the IMAX reconstruction of Shackleton's Journey. Antarctica.
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Bulldozer pulls a twin otter off the sea ice at Davis before a storm. ANARE Base. Davis Sea. Antarctica.
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Ventifacts and lichen in the Bunger Hills. Antarctica.
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View from plane of Icebergs that have broken off ice shelf along the Luitpold Coast. Antarctica
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