Mt Herschel Mt Herschel 3,335m (10,942ft) high. It rises almost vertically straight out of the Ross Sea, Antarctica

Hi! Snares Penguins greeting each other by New Zealands sub-antarctic Snares Island

King Penguins King Penguins courting on Australia's sub-antarctic Macquarie Island

Southern Royal Albatross Southern Royal Albatross, wingspan almost 3.5m (11ft), flying over New Zealand's sub-antarctic Campbell Island

Red Crowned Parakeet Red Crowned Parakeet sitting on the flowers of the megaherb Anisotome Latifolia Enderby Island

Adelie Penguins calling Two Adelie penguins calling to each other on Cape Adare, Antarctica

Mist Mist rolling in to Cape Hallett, Ross Sea region of Antarctica

King Penguins King Penguins grooming on Australia's sub-antarctic Macquarie Island

Weddell Seal, Antarctica Weddell Seal at Cape Royds, Ross Island, Antarctic

Adult & Adolescent King Penguins Adult and adolescent King Penguins on Macquarie Island, one Australia's sub-Antarctic islands.

Porpoising Adelie Penguin Adelie Penguin porpoising through the Ross Sea, Antarctic

Feeding Frenzy Shy Albatross fishing for food in the Southern Ocean near the Auckland Islands

Iceberg near Cape Hallet Iceberg in the Ross Sea region of the Antarctic, near Cape Hallett

Reflections, Ross Sea, Antarctica Reflection of the ship and me taking the photo in the unusually calm water of the Ross Sea, Antarctica.

Storm Approaching Ross Ice Shelf Storm approaching Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica

Emperor Penguin Emperor Penguin at Cape Evans, Ross Island, Antarctica

Efficient locomotion Adelie Penguins sliding across the Sea Ice, Ross Sea, Antarctica

Beady eye Campbell Albatross near New Zealand's sub-antarctic Campbell Island

Antarctic Tern Antarctic Tern flying over New Zealand's subantarctic Campbell Island

New Zealand Pipit New Zealand Pipit with an Amphipod, New Zealand's subantarctic Campbell Island

Repeat reflections Campbell Albatross reflection in the calm Southern Ocean seas at sunset

Albatross at sunset Red sky of sunset reflecting in the Southern Ocean as an Albatross flew by

Snares Penguins Snares Penguins on New Zealands sub-antarctic Snares Island

Adelie penguin ice dance

With their flippers touching these 2 Adelie penguins try to navigate the ice flows around Cape Adare to get back into the sea to fish. Ross Sea, Antarctica