>Paul Nicklen, Canada, National Geographic.Gentoo and chinstrap penguins stand on the shore of Cooper Bay, South Georgia, Antarctica. Chinstrap ranks were thinned by an outbreak of avian cholera in 2004. Numbers have been slow to recover.
South Georgia is a 160-km-long | arc of mountains and glaciers, half covered by snow and ice, half by rock and tundra-like vegetation. A high density of krill (protein-rich crustaceans) in the surrounding seas helps make the island a haven for wildlife. | |
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