An Antarctic fur seal mother and newborn pup.

Antarctic fur seals and chinstrap penguins on Seal Island.

A chinstrap penguin colony at North Cove, Seal Island, with Antarctic fur seals nearby.

A memorial plaque is the only thing that remains of the field station on Seal Island.

Antarctic fur seals and chinstrap penguins on Seal Island.

Acoustic buoys to be deployed off the R/V Yuzhmorgeologiya.

Antarctic fur seal scat with fish remains (otoliths) visible .

Members of the AMLR crew in 2004, aboard the R/V Yuzhmorgeologiya.

The AMLR crew in the Cape Shirreff field station, Livingston Island, 2005.

The kitchen at the Copacabana field station, King George Island.

An abandoned camp at Deception Island.

A CTD rosette, used to collect water samples for oceanographic data.

A glacier meets the sea, South Shetland Islands.

Measuring a myctophid fish in a laboratory aboard the R/V Yuzhmorgeologiya, South Shetland Islands.

The AMLR science team at the Copacabana field station, King George Island, 2006.

Antarctic fur seal pups with a whale rib and seal skull, Livingston Island.

The R/V Yuzhmorgeologiya moored off Deception Island.

Sunset in the South Shetland Islands.

The Antarctic landscape, South Shetland Islands.

The Antarctic landscape, South Shetland Islands.

The Antarctic landscape, South Shetland Islands.

AMLR scientists Ray Buchheit and Kevin Pietrzak trek across Livingston Island.

AMLR biologist Ray Buchheit overlooks Livingston Island.

Antarctic fur seal, South Shetland Islands.

Chinstrap penguins on Livingston Island.

Antarctic fur seal with Antarctic landscape in the background.

A gentoo penguin at Cape Shirreff, Livingston Island.

An Antarctic fur seal in the surf at Cape Shirreff, Livingston Island.

Antarctic fur seals sometimes approach AMLR scientists, and enjoy being scratched around the ears like a cat.

AMLR biologist Kevin Pietrzak with a fur seal pup.

A leopard seal (left) and Antarctic fur seal (right) on the shores of Livingston Island.

An AMLR biologist holds a penguin chick, Livingston Island.

An Antarctic fur seal pup at Livingston Island.

Nursing fur seal pups, temporarily dyed for identification purposes.

A southern giant petrel scavenges a seal that has been killed by a leopard seal.

A sleeping crabeater seal.

A brown skua sits on its nest overlooking Cape Shirreff on Livingston Island.

A leopard seal stalks in the shallows.

AMLR scientist deploying equipment of the R/V Yuzhmorgeologiya.

Huddled chinstrap penguins on the outskirts of a colony.

Gentoo chicks on top of a mountain ridge.

A juvenile Antarctic fur seal rubs against a piece of drift wood.

A female elephant seal molts in a wallow.

Panoramic view of Cape Shirreff, Livingston Island.

Scientists move milk and fresh supplies to Copacabana field camp.

A group of scientists takes photos of gentoo penguins in front of Copacabana field camp.

Scientists observing colonies of Adelie penguins on King George Island.

A scientist looks at an iceberg from the aft deck of the R/V Yuzhmorgeologiya.

An Adelie and a gentoo penguin walk along a rocky beach.

AMLR Program scientists bring supplies to the Copacabana field camp using a Zodiac inflatable boat. These boats are used to access areas that the ship cannot reach.