Southern (Antarctic) fulmar
Images copyright by Mark A. Chappell



Southern fulmars are small petrels that resemble gulls, but have a much stiffer and faster flight. They frequently follow ships, as this bird is doing in the Drake Passage between Tierra del Fuego and the Antarctic Peninsula.

  • Nikon F3, Nikon 400 mm EDIF lens, Kodachrome 64 (1991)