17th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Travel
Expedition tourists brave the cold to watch king penguins

St. Andrew's Bay in South Georgia, Antarctica has some of the highest numbers of seabirds and marine mammals on earth. Getting there is no easy task. Here a US family watches in awe at the 150,000 king penguins that fill the valley before them.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 02.2018
Date Uploaded: 08.2019
Photo Location: Antarctica
Camera: Canon EOS 7D
Copyright: © Conor Ryan