Antarctic

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The water was like glass early this morning.

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Seals taking advantage of the sun on the water and iceberg

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The green on the hillside at the lower part of the photo is Antarctic Moss.

Male and female penguins look identical to the untrained eye. Males tend to be heavier than females.

The males beak tends to be thicker and longer than the females.

Penguins looking up at a predator making loud noises to scare the predator to leave them alone.

Penguins are long lived. Emperor penguins have been recorded living up to 50 years but most species generally can live 10 to 20 years.

Sun suddenly hiding behind clouds as we depart from a bay..

When you are lucky to have sun for a few minutes a sunset can bring spectacular colors and reflections.

A ghost floating iceberg. It appears to be a building floating endlessly on the water.

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Early morning the next day with no clouds in sight.