Birds
As the austral sun warms Antarctica, 100 million birds fly south to feed and often breed, 35 main species will be your constant companions as you cross...
Read more »
Penguins
Graceful but comical, curious and sociable, penguins are irresistibly endearing. Awkward on land, they are happiest in the water and it is perhaps...
Read more »
Seals
There are no polar bears in Antarctica, which might explain why there are just so many seals: true Antarctic species include Weddell, Ross, crab-eater...
Read more »
Whales
The super-chilled waters of the southern seas are rich in nutrients and it’s not for nothing the earliest explorers were whalers: the sub-Antarctic...
Read more »