The photograph of the month for December 2024 (and the last for the 2024 year!) comes from my recent expedition to the world’s most southerly Emperor Penguin colony at Gould Bay in the Weddell Sea region of Antarctica (Trip report coming soon). This was from what I felt was our best day on the sea ice with soft overcast light conditions and gently falling snow. In these conditions, it isn’t hard to make good photographs when you have such stunning subjects in front of you. In this instance, it was just about waiting for the tender moment when the adult bent down to better shelter its small chick; which was huddling close for warmth.
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