8:20 | PART ONE The Bountiful Sea
Gentoo Penguins feed on |
9:00 |
Krill |
9:30 |
Humpback Whale |
10:55 |
bubble curtain trap krill in summer |
12:50 |
Cape Petrels feed near surface |
15:20 |
Black-browed Albatross can dive a couple of meters |
17:30 |
Giant Antarctic Petrels are vultures of the Antarctic |
18:00 |
Wandering Albatross is biggest scavenger, 3000 pairs nest in South Georgia |
19:30 | 10-kg
Wandering Albatross chick begs for squid |
21:10 |
King Penguins also feed in open ocean; nest in 2-million colonies near edge of sea ice. |
23:30 | Parent and chick find each other by voice |
25:50 |
King Penguin courtship walk and vocal duet |
2:30 | The Ice Retreats
Southern Elephant Seal bull weighs over 3 tons, is beachmaster of 100 females in harem |
3:25 |
Southern Elephant Seals fight |
7:00 |
Black-browed Albatross returns from sea |
7:30 |
Grey-headed Albatross breeds in large colony; each pair uses same nest mound as previous seasons; faithful for 20 seasons |
9:00 |
Grey-headed Albatross mate after beak-striking courtship, take turns incubating single egg |
9:45 |
Light-mantled Sooty Albatross male calls for females |
10:45 |
Light-mantled Sooty Albatross courtship dance followed by display flight |
12:00 | Petrels and
Shearwaters nest in tussock grass at night |
12:35 |
White-chinned Petrel defends territory |
13:30 |
Macaroni Penguin colony of 80,000; more than 10,000,000 in South Georgia, fight for nesting territory; abandons smaller of 2 eggs |
16:40 |
Sheathbill feeds on abandoned egg |
19:00 |
Gentoo Penguin nests on rock, hatch 2 eggs |
21:10 | Slide down slope to sea |
21:50 | Humpbacks seek krill as sea ice melts |
23:00 | 30 million
Crabeater Seal lives on krill, rests on ice |
24:10 |
Adelie Penguins breed further south than any other penguin; march 60 miles over ice |
24:40 | Walking and sliding |
25:10 |
Snow Petrels |
25:40 | breed further south than any other bird, on nunataks - snow-free mountain tops that project over ice like oasis |
26:50 |
Snow Petrel bathes in snow |
1:15 | The Race to Breed Summer (November):
Antarctic Fur Seals breed in colony of over a million on beaches of South Georgia. Each dominant bull rules over 30 square meters, a dozen females |
3:20 |
South Polar Skua feed on afterbirth of pups |
6:20 |
Antarctic Fur Seal males fight |
8:20 | 200,000
Chinstrap Penguins return to beach on Deception Island to feed chicks in the hills; slopes of volcanic ash |
13:00 |
Leopard Seal preys on penguins |
14:00 | Injured penguin struggles past Skuas toward nest. |
17:17 |
Antarctic Mite contain antifreeze; supercool to -30C, feed on moss and dead vegetation |
19:00 |
Lichen can dissolve rock and extract nutrients |
20:20 |
Algae paints snow pink |
21:50 |
Blue-eyed Shag dives |
23:05 |
Antarctic Terns can mate 2 or 3 times a season |
24:05 | 300,000
Antarctic Petrels breed on Scullin Monolith |
27:00 |
South Polar Skuas attack stray Adelie Penguin chick |
1:10 | PART TWO The Door Closes
Macaroni Penguins try to get shore against pounding surf on South Georgia to complete breeding before freeze. |
3:00 | In Cape Royds.
Adelie Penguin most southerly nesting penguin |
5:00 | Young skitter across brash to get to sea, hunted by
Leopard Seal |
8:35 | Meter-long
Nemertine Worm feed on penguin carcass by turning stomach inside out. |
9:00 |
Giant Isopod 10 cm long |
10:20 | On Deception Island
Chinstrap Penguin stands motionless for 3 weeks while molting |
12:25 | Sea water freezes at -1.9C, producing
pancake ice |
12:50 | Crystal above ice form
ice flowers |
15:00 |
Antarctic Fur Seal mother calls for pup |
17:10 |
Giant Antarctic Petrel rips open carcass with hooked beak; are called "gluttons" and "stinkers" |
18:50 |
South Georgia Pintail also feeds on the meat |
20:00 |
Southern Elephant Seal females molt in wallow |
20:40 |
Grey-headed Albatross also nests in South Georgia, travels 600 miles to find squid for chick |
21:50 |
Wandering Albatross has 3-meter wingspan, nests inland on tussock grass, court for 3 years |
26:55 |
Emperor Penguins |
2:05 | The Big Freeze
Weddell Seal keeps ice holes |
5:00 | Rich life below the ice includes
giant jellyfish |
6:00 |
Stalk sponges |
7:00 | Female Weddell Seal birthing on ice |
8:00 | Pup swims after 1 week |
9:10 | Scrpae breathing hole with teeth, which wear down after 20 years |
9:40 | Male defends breathing hole as harem territory |
10:35 |
Mount Erebus is largest active volcano in Antarctica |
12:40 | Valley is driest place on earth; preserving carcasses |
14:15 | Lichen can penetrate dry rock |
14:40 | Antarctic plateau 3,000 meters high |
16:25 |
Emperor Penguins move south in May; 25,000 birds in one nesting site, |
16:25 |
lay egg directly on ice |
19:00 |
Emperor Penguin males huddle do not eat for 115 days. |
19:45 |
Aurora Australis in winter |
20:50 |
Emperor Penguin females return, walking 100 miles to reach colony |
25:23 |
Waif chick tries to find shelter from unpartnered adult |
0:00 | Footsteps in the Snow |
![Pygoscelis papua Pygoscelis papua](Pygoscelis_papua.jpg) 8:20 Gentoo Penguins |
![Euphausiacea Euphausiacea](Euphausiacea.jpg) 9:00 Krill |
![Megaptera novaeangliae Megaptera novaeangliae](Megaptera_novaeangliae.jpg) 9:30 Humpback Whale |
![bubble curtaim bubble curtaim](bubble_curtaim.JPG) 10:55 bubble curtain |
![Daption capense Daption capense](Daption_capense.jpg) 12:50 Cape Petrels |
![Thalassarche melanophrys Thalassarche melanophrys](Thalassarche_melanophrys.jpg) 15:20 Black-browed Albatross |
![Macronectes giganteus Macronectes giganteus](Macronectes_giganteus.jpg) 17:30 Giant Antarctic Petrels |
![Diomedea exulans Diomedea exulans](Diomedea_exulans.jpg) 18:00 Wandering Albatross |
![Diomedea exulans Diomedea exulans](Diomedea_exulans-chick.jpg) 19:30 Wandering Albatross chick |
![Aptenodytes patagonicus Aptenodytes patagonicus](Aptenodytes_patagonicus.jpg) 21:10 King Penguins |
![Aptenodytes patagonicus Aptenodytes patagonicus](Aptenodytes_patagonicus-court.jpg) 25:50 King Penguin courtship walk |
![Mirounga leonina Mirounga leonina](Mirounga_leonina-bull.jpg) 2:30 Southern Elephant Seal bull |
![Mirounga leonina Mirounga leonina](Mirounga_leonina-fight.jpg) 3:25 Southern Elephant Seals fight |
![Thalassarche melanophrys Thalassarche melanophrys](Thalassarche_melanophrys-flight.jpg) 7:00 Black-browed Albatross |
![Thalassarche chrysostoma Thalassarche chrysostoma](Thalassarche_chrysostoma.jpg) 7:30 Grey-headed Albatross |
![Thalassarche chrysostoma Thalassarche chrysostoma](Thalassarche_chrysostoma-court.jpg) 9:00 Grey-headed Albatross mate |
![Phoebetria palpebrata Phoebetria palpebrata](Phoebetria_palpebrata-male.jpg) 9:45 Light-mantled Sooty Albatross male |
![Phoebetria palpebrata Phoebetria palpebrata](Phoebetria_palpebrata-court.jpg) 10:45 Light-mantled Sooty Albatross courtship dance |
![Procellariidae Procellariidae](Procellariidae.jpg) 12:00 Shearwaters |
![Procellaria aequinoctialis Procellaria aequinoctialis](Procellaria_aequinoctialis.jpg) 12:35 White-chinned Petrel |
![Eudyptes chrysolophus Eudyptes chrysolophus](Eudyptes_chrysolophus.jpg) 13:30 Macaroni Penguin colony |
![Chionididae Chionididae](Chionididae.jpg) 16:40 Sheathbill |
![Pygoscelis papua Pygoscelis papua](Pygoscelis_papua-nest.jpg) 19:00 Gentoo Penguin |
![Lobodon carcinophagus Lobodon carcinophagus](Lobodon_carcinophagus.jpg) 23:00 Crabeater Seal |
![Pygoscelis adeliae Pygoscelis adeliae](Pygoscelis_adeliae.jpg) 24:10 Adelie Penguins |
![Pagodroma nivea Pagodroma nivea](Pagodroma_nivea.jpg) 25:10 Snow Petrels |
![Pagodroma nivea Pagodroma nivea](Pagodroma_nivea-bathe.jpg) 26:50 Snow Petrel bathes |
![Arctocephalus gazella Arctocephalus gazella](Arctocephalus_gazella-colony.jpg) 1:15 Antarctic Fur Seals |
![Stercorarius maccormicki Stercorarius maccormicki](Stercorarius_maccormicki.jpg) 3:20 South Polar Skua |
![Arctocephalus gazella Arctocephalus gazella](Arctocephalus_gazella-fight.jpg) 6:20 Antarctic Fur Seal males fight |
![Pygoscelis antarcticus Pygoscelis antarcticus](Pygoscelis_antarcticus.jpg) 8:20 Chinstrap Penguins |
![Hydrurga leptonyx Hydrurga leptonyx](Hydrurga_leptonyx.jpg) 13:00 Leopard Seal |
![Alaskozetes antarcticus Alaskozetes antarcticus](Alaskozetes_antarcticus.jpg) 17:17 Antarctic Mite |
![Lichen Lichen](Lichen.JPG) 19:00 Lichen |
![Algae Algae](Algae.JPG) 20:20 Algae |
![Phalacrocorax atriceps Phalacrocorax atriceps](Phalacrocorax_atriceps.jpg) 21:50 Blue-eyed Shag |
![Sterna vittata Sterna vittata](Sterna_vittata.jpg) 23:05 Antarctic Terns |
![Thalassoica antarctica Thalassoica antarctica](Thalassoica_antarctica.jpg) 24:05 Antarctic Petrels |
![Stercorarius maccormicki Stercorarius maccormicki](Stercorarius_maccormicki-penguin.jpg) 27:00 South Polar Skuas |
![Eudyptes chrysolophus Eudyptes chrysolophus](Eudyptes_chrysolophus-surf.jpg) 1:10 Macaroni Penguins |
![Pygoscelis adeliae Pygoscelis adeliae](Pygoscelis_adeliae-colony.jpg) 3:00 Adelie Penguin |
![Hydrurga leptonyx Hydrurga leptonyx](Hydrurga_leptonyx-penguin.jpg) 5:00 Leopard Seal |
![Nemertea Nemertea](Nemertea.jpg) 8:35 Nemertine Worm |
![Bathynomus Bathynomus](Bathynomus.jpg) 9:00 Giant Isopod |
![Pygoscelis antarcticus Pygoscelis antarcticus](Pygoscelis_antarcticus-molt.jpg) 10:20 Chinstrap Penguin |
![pancake ice pancake ice](pancake_ice.JPG) 12:25 pancake ice |
![ice flower ice flower](ice_flower.JPG) 12:50 ice flowers |
![Arctocephalus gazella Arctocephalus gazella](Arctocephalus_gazella-call.jpg) 15:00 Antarctic Fur Seal mother |
![Macronectes giganteus Macronectes giganteus](Macronectes_giganteus-beak.jpg) 17:10 Giant Antarctic Petrel |
![Anas georgica Anas georgica](Anas_georgica.jpg) 18:50 South Georgia Pintail |
![Mirounga leonina Mirounga leonina](Mirounga_leonina-wallow.jpg) 20:00 Southern Elephant Seal females |
![Thalassarche chrysostoma Thalassarche chrysostoma](Thalassarche_chrysostoma-glide.jpg) 20:40 Grey-headed Albatross |
![Diomedea exulans Diomedea exulans](Diomedea_exulans-court.jpg) 21:50 Wandering Albatross |
![Aptenodytes forsteri Aptenodytes forsteri](Aptenodytes_forsteri-jump.jpg) 26:55 Emperor Penguins |
![Leptonychotes weddellii Leptonychotes weddellii](Leptonychotes_weddellii.jpg) 2:05 Weddell Seal |
![giant jellyfish giant jellyfish](giant_jellyfish.JPG) 5:00 giant jellyfish |
![stalk sponges stalk sponges](stalk_sponges.JPG) 6:00 Stalk sponges |
![Mount Erebus Mount Erebus](Mount_Erebus.JPG) 10:35 Mount Erebus |
![Aptenodytes forsteri Aptenodytes forsteri](Aptenodytes_forsteri.jpg) 16:25 Emperor Penguins |
![Emperor Penguin Emperor Penguin](Emperor_Penguin-egg.JPG) 16:25 lay egg directly on ice |
![Aptenodytes forsteri Aptenodytes forsteri](Aptenodytes_forsteri-huddle.jpg) 19:00 Emperor Penguin males huddle |
![Aurora Australis Aurora Australis](Aurora_Australis.JPG) 19:45 Aurora Australis in winter |
![Aptenodytes forsteri Aptenodytes forsteri](Aptenodytes_forsteri-females.jpg) 20:50 Emperor Penguin females |
![waif chick waif chick](waif_chick.JPG) 25:23 Waif chick |
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