Adelie
penguins weigh about 5kg and are around 70cm tall. They winter on the pack
ice where the air temperature is higher than on land and where they can
find cracks in the ice to fish through. In October, they begin to move
south to their breeding grounds, the males arriving first to establish
territories and nest spaces with the females arriving shortly afterwards.
This is one of the first males arriving
back in the spring before the remainder of the sea-ice has broken away.
Photo; © Paul Ward - Pentax equipment, 100mm
lens, 35mm film, K64.
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