Adélie Penguin
Pygoscelis adeliae
Habitat
Polar
Antarctica
Antarctic Peninsula
Penguin colonies among glaciers and icebergs on an expedition cruise.
- JJanuary: Best
- FFebruary: Best
- MMarch: Good
- AApril: Poor or no data
- MMay: Poor or no data
- JJune: Poor or no data
- JJuly: Poor or no data
- AAugust: Poor or no data
- SSeptember: Poor or no data
- OOctober: Poor or no data
- NNovember: Good
- DDecember: Best
Antarctic Petrel
Thalassoica antarctica
Arctic Tern
Sterna paradisaea
Chinstrap Penguin
Pygoscelis antarcticus
Emperor Penguin
Aptenodytes forsteri
Gentoo Penguin
Pygoscelis papua
King Penguin
Aptenodytes patagonicus
Australia
Macquarie Island
A windswept ridge in the Southern Ocean with millions of penguins.
- JJanuary: Best
- FFebruary: Best
- MMarch: Poor or no data
- AApril: Poor or no data
- MMay: Poor or no data
- JJune: Poor or no data
- JJuly: Poor or no data
- AAugust: Poor or no data
- SSeptember: Poor or no data
- OOctober: Poor or no data
- NNovember: Best
- DDecember: Best
United States
Nome
Three roads into the tundra with Siberian strays and Arctic breeders.
- JJanuary: Poor or no data
- FFebruary: Poor or no data
- MMarch: Poor or no data
- AApril: Poor or no data
- MMay: Good
- JJune: Best
- JJuly: Poor or no data
- AAugust: Poor or no data
- SSeptember: Poor or no data
- OOctober: Poor or no data
- NNovember: Poor or no data
- DDecember: Poor or no data
Antarctica
Ross Sea
The most remote Antarctic cruise: Adélie colonies and historic huts.
- JJanuary: Best
- FFebruary: Best
- MMarch: Poor or no data
- AApril: Poor or no data
- MMay: Poor or no data
- JJune: Poor or no data
- JJuly: Poor or no data
- AAugust: Poor or no data
- SSeptember: Poor or no data
- OOctober: Poor or no data
- NNovember: Poor or no data
- DDecember: Poor or no data
Antarctica
Snow Hill Island
An Emperor Penguin colony reached by icebreaker and helicopter.
- JJanuary: Poor or no data
- FFebruary: Poor or no data
- MMarch: Poor or no data
- AApril: Poor or no data
- MMay: Poor or no data
- JJune: Poor or no data
- JJuly: Poor or no data
- AAugust: Poor or no data
- SSeptember: Poor or no data
- OOctober: Best
- NNovember: Best
- DDecember: Good
Snow Petrel
Pagodroma nivea
Snowy Owl
Bubo scandiacus
Snowy Sheathbill
Chionis albus
South Georgia
South Georgia
Beaches packed with King Penguins and breeding albatrosses.
- JJanuary: Best
- FFebruary: Best
- MMarch: Good
- AApril: Poor or no data
- MMay: Poor or no data
- JJune: Poor or no data
- JJuly: Poor or no data
- AAugust: Poor or no data
- SSeptember: Poor or no data
- OOctober: Good
- NNovember: Best
- DDecember: Best
South Polar Skua
Stercorarius maccormicki
Norway
Varanger
Arctic seabird cliffs and Siberian ducks at the edge of Europe.
- JJanuary: Poor or no data
- FFebruary: Poor or no data
- MMarch: Best
- AApril: Best
- MMay: Good
- JJune: Best
- JJuly: Good
- AAugust: Poor or no data
- SSeptember: Poor or no data
- OOctober: Poor or no data
- NNovember: Poor or no data
- DDecember: Poor or no data