Wildlife photographs from James Ross Island and around the Antarctic Peninsula, taken by Bethan Davies during the 2011 and 2012 field seasons.
See also the Wildlife at Rothera blog post.
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- Magallenic penguins
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- Chinstrap jumping
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- Adelie penguin
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- Adelie penguins
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- Chinstrap
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- Gentoo
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- Gentoo
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- Gentoo
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- Crabeater seal
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- King Penguin
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- Fur seal
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- Fur seal
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- Crabeater seal
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- Fluking right whale
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- Whale at Point Wild
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- Breaching humpback whale
Chinstrap penguins at Point Wild, northern Antarctic Peninsula, March 2012.
Wildlige at Rothera
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- Belinda visits a leopard seal; Rothera, December 2012
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- A leopard seal relaxing. Photo credit: Belinda Vause
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- A leopard seal with its impressive jaws. Photo credit: Belinda Vause
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- An elephant seal stakes a claim at base. Photo credit: Bethan Davies
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- Elephant seals squaring up on an ice floe. Photo credit: Belinda Vause
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- A somewhat deflated elephant seal. Photo credit: Bethan Davies
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- Elephant seals duelling. Photo credit: Belinda Vause
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- A crabeater seal relaxing in the sunshine. Photo credit: Belinda Vause
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- Scars on a crabeater seal, probably from a leopard seal attack. Photo credit: Belinda Vause
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- Teeth of a crabeater seal. James Ross Island, Jan 2011. Photo: Bethan Davies
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- Weddell seal getting comfortable on an ice floe. Photo credit: Belinda Vause
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- The tail of a Weddell Seal. James Ross Island, February 2011. Bethan Davies.
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- The dense fur and cute face of a Weddell Seal. James Ross Island, February 2011. Bethan Davies.
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- A fur seal, seen on Cape Lachman, James Ross Island, northern Antarctic Peninsula, February 2011, Photo credit: Bethan Davies
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