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Chinstrap penguin        Images © Mark A. Chappell

This chinstrap penguin wandered through the Adelie penguin colony on Torgersen Island one day, looking a little lost. Chinstraps breed on some nearby islands, but not on Torgersen itself. They are quite agressive and noisy (even for a penguin, which is saying a lot). Torgersen Island is in Arthur Harbor, near the U.S. base at Palmer Station, off the Antarctic Peninsula.

  • Nikon F3, Nikon 400 mm EDIF lens, Kodachrome 64 (1990)