Amazing photo of penguins on Blue Icebergs near the South Sandwich Islands

Amazing photo of penguins on Blue Icebergs near the South Sandwich Islands

Photograph by Maria Stenzel

Chinstrap penguins (Pygoscelis antarctica) ride out high surf on blue-ice icebergs near Candlemas Island in the South Sandwich Islands. Safe for the moment from predaceous leopard seals, chinstrap penguins are the second most abundant species in Antarctica and the sub-Antarctic.

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