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Journalists and editors interested in obtaining Greenpeace
photographs for publication should visit the Greenpeace picture
desk or
contact John Novis.
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Nature Gallery
The remote and fragile Southern Ocean ecosystem is perhaps the last
true marine wilderness on the planet. Greenpeace photographers have been
capturing the region's abundant and diverse wildlife. Take a look.
Click on the photographs to view a larger image.
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Elephant Seals, resting between meals on Antarctica.
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Elephant Seals are the largest species of seal and one of
the largest mammals.
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A Antarctic petrel photographed off the M/V Arctic Sunrise.
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20 species of albatross, like this Wandering albatross, inhabit
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One of the many thousand icebergs in the lower Southern Ocean.
The large tabular bergs usually measure between 200 to 300 meters
thick.
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The bergs, once part of Antarctica's coastal ice shelf, drift north
and are carried east to west by the circumpolar currents at a speed
of around 13 kilometers a day.
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Adelie Penguins gingerly navigate the Antarctic ice. Somewhat
clumsy on land, penguins are graceful swimmers. The Adelie are the
most abundant and widely distriubted penguin species.
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An albatross soars in near one of the Auckland Islands.
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A Hooker's Sea Lion on Campbell Island, south of New Zealand.
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A Wandering Albatross and chick on Campbell Island.
The majority of the region's birds depend upon the 24 oceanic island
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Many sea birds in Antarctica meet untimely deaths on the
long-lines of pirate fishing vessels.
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