Images Dated 2009

Long billed Curlew (Numenius americanus) standing in water, Florida, USA

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Killer Whales (Orcinus orca) spy-hopping to observe Weddell Seal (Leptonychotes weddellii)

Killer Whales (Orcinus orca) spy-hopping to observe Weddell Seal (Leptonychotes weddellii) in preparation to knock it from the ice by creating a wave. Marguerite Bay, Antarctic Peninsula, summer. Freeze Frame book plate page 122-123. Taken on location for BBC series Frozen Planet

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Emperor penguins (Aptenodytes forsteri) explode out of the water, returning to breed

Emperor penguins (Aptenodytes forsteri) explode out of the water, returning to breed at Cape Washington, Antarctica. Taken on location for BBC Frozen Planet series, 2009

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