Thousands of King penguins cover the hills.
A windy day but you can still hear the King penguins.
A short video of the little fuzzy chick.
Lots of activity on Salisbury Plain.
A windy day but you can still hear the King penguins.
From the ship you can see a Macaroni penguin colony high on a steep cliff - how do they get up there???
A Black-browed Albatross floats in the ocean. The albatross also has a salt gland above the nasal passage which helps to remove salt from the ocean water that they drink. The gland excretes a high saline solution through the bird's nose.
Previously hunted for hundreds of years, almost to extinction, the species is now protected, and its global population was estimated to be around 10,000.
Due to the number it is very rare to see a Southern Right whale with many of the guides seeing their first one.
White growths on its head are known as callosities - sort of callus. This skin is then attractive to whale lice. Not really lice they are a small crustacean - still a parasite.
Historically, Southern Right whales were the primary target for whalers (thus the "right" whale to hunt), who killed tens of thousands from the 18th to the 20th century, decimating the population.
Since the cessation of industrialized whale slaughtering, the population has seen a steady increase, growing an estimated 7% per year. It is still listed as an endangered species.
A video shot by a guide on one of the zodiacs - it is remarkable.
