A curious group of king penguins interrupt their morning stroll to investigate the photographer at St. Andrew's Bay.

A weddel seal relaxes on the ice at Portal Point.

A lone king penguin stretches in a snow flurry at sunrise on the beach at St. Andrew's Bay.

A leopard seal waits for the penguins to enter the water with the massive penguin colony in the background.

Light hits a scree slope with the last remaining snow of winter clinging to a crack in the rocks above the whaling station at Leith Harbour.

The sun struggles to burn through the fog in Charlotte Bay, Antarctica.

A lone king penguin inspects the photographer at sunrise on the beach at St. Andrew's Bay, one of the largest king penguin colonies in the world.

A pair of king penguins relax at Peggoty Bluff, South Georgia. This is the spot where Shackleton landed after his epic voyage from Elephant Island.

A mountain emerges from the fog in Charlotte Bay, Antarctica.

A prominent peak protrudes above the fog on a fine morning at St. Andrew's Bay.

A prominent peak catches the early morning sun while the lower areas are shadowed by fog.

Jagged peaks rise over Fortuna Bay on South Georgia.

These dramatic peaks overlook Peggoty Bluff where Shackleton and his men made camp after their epic ocean crossing from Elephant Island.

Another frost-rimed peak guarding the area around Peggoty Bluff, where Shackleton and his men camped before undertaking the first traverse of South Georgia's interior on their rescue mission.

One of many frost-rimed peaks surrounding Peggoty Bluff in King Haakon Bay where Shackleton landed after his epic ocean crossing from Elephant Island.

A jagged peak floats in the clouds in Charlotte Bay, Antarctica.

A mountain peak rises above the glacier in the fog at Charlotte Bay, Antarctica.