Calibration downrigger aboard the R/V Africana.

Soviet krill trawler near Elephant Island.

Soviet krill trawler near Elephant Island.

Denzil Miller, South African cruise leader on Elephant Island.

Drs. Roger Hewitt and David Demer.

Dr. George Watters. NOAA Ship Surveyor conducting ROV survey near South Georgia.

Jane Rosenberg handling ROV umbilical cord on NOAA Ship Surveyor.

IKMT cod end on NOAA Ship Surveyor.

Mike MacCaulay's towed acoustic fish on NOAA Ship Surveyor.

Mike MacCaulay's towed acoustic fish on NOAA Ship Surveyor.

John Wormuth and AMLR scientists discuss data collection.

AMLR Scientists prepare the brand new zooplankton sorting lab, built into a cargo container.

IKMT net for sampling zooplankton aboard the R/V Surveyor.

IKMT net for sampling zooplankton.

An Antarctic fur seal pup after a swim.

A close-up of this Antarctic shag highlights its characteristic blue eyes and the yellow/orange growth above its beak that is brightest during the breeding season, presumably to attract mates.

In the computer room aboard the NOAA Ship SURVEYOR.

Close up of an Antarctic fur seal.

George Watters dons a survival suit for protection from icy Antarctic waters.

Lunch aboard the NOAA Ship SURVEYOR.

A female elephant seal in the shallows at Cape Shirreff, Livingston Island.

AMLR scientists aboard the R/V Surveyor.

AMLR scientists at the Seal Island field station.

On the bridge of the R/V Surveyor.

Snow on the deck of the R/V Surveyor.

R/V Surveyor, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.

A skua displays its outstretched wings in a "long-call wing display" as a method of claiming its territory.

Wrestling with safety gear, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.

Breaking down the camp at Seal Island.

A elephant seal takes a break on the Seal Island boardwalk.

Breaking down the field station on Seal Island, South Shetland Islands.

Porpoising dusky dolphins, Southern Ocean.

Porpoising dusky dolphins, Southern Ocean.

A gentoo penguin and chick.

Launching a Zodiac from the stern of the R/V Yuzhmorgeologiya.

Launching a Zodiac from the stern of the R/V Yuzhmorgeologiya.

Navigating a Zodiac among small icebergs called "growlers".

An AMLR scientist with an Adelie penguin, which will be measured, tagged and released.

Icy seascape, South Shetland Islands.

AMLR scientists traverse the snowy landscape, South Shetland Islands.

An AMLR biologist with two southern elephant seals.

A gentoo penguin feeds its chick, Livingston Island.

An AMLR scientist records the number of eggs found in this skua nest while the adult skuas are foraging away from the nest.

Antarctic shags gather at their coastal nesting site.

Midwater trawl net on Japanese krill trawler that was inspected by the AMLR Program off Elephant Island.

Cod end of midwater trawl net on Japanese krill trawler that was inspected by the AMLR Program in 1995.

Antarctic fish sample.

A southern giant petrel glides over the crests of waves while foraging in the Southern Ocean.

A southern giant petrel glides over the crests of waves while foraging in the Southern Ocean.

Iceberg, South Shetland Islands