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Aerial view of a yellow underwater glider with dark wings in turquoise water beside the white overhanging edge of an iceberg, with small ice chunks floating on the dark sea. — A nerve-wracking glider recovery Karen Heywood

Aerial view of a single penguin standing on a snowy ice sheet beside a wide zigzag crack of dark water, casting a long blue shadow. — Penguin and Crack, Weddel Sea, 2019 Theresa Diener

Group of about twenty emperor penguins standing and lying on a flat ice floe, with broken sea ice, open water and a flat-topped iceberg under a grey sky behind. — Emperor penguins, Weddell Sea Ronja Reese

Aerial view of large and small white ice floes, some flat and grey, some ridged and snow-covered, floating on dark blue water with thin patches of new ice. — Ice floes in the Weddell Sea Ronja Reese

Low sun at the horizon glowing orange through wisps of mist rising from open water between flat white floes of sea ice, under a dark grey sky. — Sunset sea smoke, Antarctica Ricarda Winkelmann

Large flat-topped icebergs with steep sides beside open water dotted with small flat ice floes, under a sky glowing yellow at the horizon below grey cloud. — Icebergs, Weddell Sea Ricarda Winkelmann

Low white ice cliff stretching along the horizon above calm blue water, under a blue sky streaked with long feathery white clouds. — Ronne Ice Shelf edge Ricarda Winkelmann

Two weathered white icebergs, one low and rounded, one tall and pointed, joined by a pale turquoise underwater ice shelf in a grey sea, with several seabirds flying over them. — Old Iceberg as habitat Fabian Reiser

Flat-topped tabular iceberg in silhouette on a sea of broken ice, with the setting sun glowing orange behind it beneath fiery red clouds. — Burning Sky during Sunset Fabian Reiser

Video of a large cuttlefish with a red-brown mantle patterned in fine white lines and a frilled fin, swimming close over a seabed covered in seaweed. — Giant Australian Cuttlefish in the Spencer Gulf, South Australia John Counts

Two people in white suits drilling an ice core with a power drill on snow-covered sea ice, with equipment boxes, a snowmobile and a red icebreaker ship under a glowing pink horizon. — Sea ice drilling and the pink sun of the antarctic winter! Célia Julia Sapart

Low sun on the horizon lighting a band of orange and gold beneath blue clouds, over a flat expanse of sea ice with dark open water and floes in front that reflect the light. — Winter sun in the Ross Sea Célia Julia Sapart

Three people in orange survival suits and helmets standing in a round orange basket hung from ropes on snow-covered sea ice at night, one drilling with an ice auger, with a dark crack and open water behind. — Scary sea ice drilling in the antarctic darkness! Célia Julia Sapart

Long streaks of smooth white lenticular clouds stretching across a deep blue sky above a flat snowy plain, with a row of green containers and snow-covered mountains on the horizon. — 3 am Lenticulars over sea ice camp Natalie Robinson

Long flat-topped iceberg partly hidden in a low band of white sea fog, in front of a large dark blue mountain under heavy grey and purple clouds. — Seafog engulfs a grounded iceberg Natalie Robinson

Three people standing tiny at the foot of an enormous vertical ice cliff with layered blue-white walls and broken ice blocks piled at its base, on flat sea ice under a clear sky. — Dwarfed by a grounded iceberg Natalie Robinson

Ship deck encased in thick white ice, with a heavy chain and rusty fittings along the rail and long icicles hanging from its edge, blue sea visible beyond. — Frozen deck of OGS Explora Michele Rebesco

Small penguin standing on the edge of a pale blue iceberg while waves crash white behind it, the sea and spray glowing gold and orange in low evening sunlight. — Drifting penguin in the sunset Michele Rebesco

Golden mist rising from a calm sea at low sun in front of a tall flat-topped ice shelf cliff, with a long tabular iceberg floating just before it. — Evaporation in front of Ross Sea Ice Shelf (Antarctica) Michele Rebesco

Video of two king penguins with flippers spread walking side by side across a grey sandy beach towards a huge dense colony of penguins in the background. — King penguins taking off? Etienne Pauthenet

Fur seal sitting upright on a dark rock among heaps of brown kelp, with white breaking waves, dark rocks and flying seabirds behind under a grey sky. — Antarctic Fur Seal and columnar basalt Etienne Pauthenet

Elephant seal lying on green tussock grass with a small device with an antenna glued to its head, another seal beside it and a white albatross flying behind. — Crowned Elephant Seal Etienne Pauthenet

Towering dark layered sea cliffs rising straight from a deep blue choppy sea, their tops hidden in thick white cloud, with a green-patched rocky headland at the base. — Unwelcoming coastline Etienne Pauthenet

King penguins standing on a beach as sand blows across it in thick clouds, with huge white breaking waves and spray behind under a grey sky. — Windy conditions in Kerguelen islands Etienne Pauthenet

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