Penguin Colony in Antarctica

A snowy sheathbill stands on a rock among a chinstrap penguin colony on Elephant Island, Antarctica.

Elephant Island is home to one of the world’s largest Chinstrap Penguin populations, yet it has only been ornithologically surveyed once in 1971, by a British Joint Services expedition.

To understand how penguin populations are faring, a census has been organised by researchers from Stony Brook University, Northeastern University and Greenpeace to study the impact of climate change on fragile chinstrap penguin colonies on Elephant Island in Antarctica.

(This picture was taken in 2020 during the Antarctic leg of the Pole to Pole expedition under the Dutch permit number RWS-2019/40813)

Unique identifier: GP0STUHS4

Type: Image

Shoot date: 20/01/2020

Locations: Antarctic, Antarctica, Elephant Island

Credit line: © Christian Åslund / Greenpeace

Ranking: ★★★★ (E)

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