Otters and Science News: THE BEAUTY OF THE ANTARCTIC IN PHOTOGRAPHS by Alex Bernasconi

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Extreme beauty: The breathtaking images of an award-winning photographer's journey through the Antarctic (at - 90°C)

Images show some of the world's most striking wildlife in severe climates from elephant seals to king penguins

Award-winning Italian photographer, Alex Bernasconi, compiled the stunning images of his expedition into a book

A wonderful arch in an iceberg near Paulet Island - which is composed of lava flows capped by a cinder cone with a small summit crater. Geothermal heat keeps parts of the island ice-free, and it is believed that its volcano was last active within the last 1,000 years

This stand-off in St Andrews Bay - which is teeming with wildlife - sees an elephant seal facing a king penguin as they mark their ground

See more images, and links to articles with more photos of Antarctica and its wildlife

Gentoo penguins stand tall on an ice-capped island in Gerlache Strait, Antarctica, which was first charted by Adrien de Gerlache in 1897

A colony of King penguins stand together off of Salisbury Plain in South Georgia - the area is known for its 200,000 penguins

Mountains stand shrouded in cloud in Bransfield Strait, Antarctica, which is named after a British naval officer who was one of the first to see the continent of Antarctica when sailing from the South Shetland Islands in 1820

This image of an iceberg in Erebus and Terror Gulf - which is said to be reminiscent of a Navajo Indian with headdress on - can be found in photographer, Alex Bernasconi's new book Blue Ice

Lemaire Channel (pictured) was discovered by the Belgian Adrien de Gerlache on the Belgica in 1898 and named after Charles Lemaire who explored the Congo but never visited Antarctica. It is a protected channel, which is more like a lake than a stormy southern ocean

Adélie penguins on the ice in Antarctic Sound. Antarctic Sound was discovered in 1902 by the Swedish South Polar Expedition on the Antarctic under the command of Otto Nordenskjold

Cave iceberg, Brown Bluff - a tuya located at the northern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica. It formed in the past million years

Blue Ice by Alex Bernasconi published by Papadakis (RRP £30), available in bookstores and online at thegmcgroup.com

Source
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-3327440/Extreme-beauty-breathtaking-images-award-winning-photographer-s-journey-Antarctic-90-degrees.html

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