Sunset over the Gerlache Strait.
PHOTO: YU LIANGHUI
Penguins near Deception Island.
PHOTO: PHUA BOON KENG
Penguins leap for a rest at Port Charcot.
PHOTO: PHUA BOON KENG
Braving the icy hills, walking in snow shoes in one of the world’s most remote wilderness.
PHOTO: ANNIE ONG
Group photo of the Antarctica Expedition Cruise – The Journey of a Lifetime.
PHOTO: DYNASTY TRAVEL_ALBATROS EXPEDITIONS
Flight at Cuverville.
PHOTO: PHUA BOON KENG
The Albatros Expedition Team on recce for a safe passage between the ice floes during a sightseeing tour.
PHOTO: ANNIE ONG
A male gentoo penguin picks the perfect stone for his perfect home at Barrientos Island.
PHOTO: ADELENE CHENG
A crabeater seal shows off its pearly whites as it yawns on an ice floe at Port Charcot. Crabeater seals do not actually eat crabs – they have a sieve-like tooth structure that filters krill from water.
PHOTO: ADELENE CHENG
Many species of seabirds follow a ship as it sails along the Drake Passage, including this light-mantled sooty albatross. These birds are able to fly thousands of kilometres by gliding on wind currents.
PHOTO: ADELENE CHENG
A pair of snowy sheathbills preen themselves at Damoy Point. They are well-known as scavengers, and are the only Antarctic birds not to have webbed feet.
PHOTO: ADELENE CHENG
A chinstrap penguin scurries past with a prized stone for his intended mate as a gentoo penguin looks on. During courtship, a male penguin will present the smoothest pebble he can find to a female as a gift.
PHOTO: ADELENE CHENG
A blue-eyed cormorant perches on rocks near Port Lockroy, a harbour that is home to a military-base-turned-museum run by the United Kingdom Antarctic Heritage Trust.
PHOTO: ADELENE CHENG
A glimpse of the webbed feet of a gentoo penguin is seen as it dives into the waters around Barrientos Island. Gentoo penguins are the fastest swimming penguins in the world, reaching speeds of up to 36 km/h.
PHOTO: ADELENE CHENG
The blue-eyed cormorant, also known as imperial shag, brings nesting material back to its nest on the rocks near Port Lockroy. The birds do not have blue-coloured eyes but are named thus because of a bright blue ring of feathers around their eyes.
PHOTO: ADELENE CHENG