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  • A leucistic southern elephant seal has been reported from a sub-Antarctic beach.

    Archive 2009-05-01 2009

  • A leucistic southern elephant seal has been reported from a sub-Antarctic beach.

    White Elephant Seal 2009

  • At the confluence of three major ocean currents, cold and warm, and combining sub-Antarctic with tropical biota, these volcanic islands and the surrounding marine reserve are the largest, most diverse almost pristine archipelago remaining in the world, a natural museum for the study of geological, ecological and evolutionary processes.

    Galápagos National Park & Galápagos Marine Resources Reserve, Ecuador 2009

  • The penguins lived on Possession Island in the sub-Antarctic Crozet archipelago.

    Study: Banded penguins die sooner, skewing climate data 2011

  • Mark Mitchell/New Zealand Herald/Associated Press A zoo spokeswoman said it would cost NZ$30,000 US$26,500 to deliver Happy Feet to the sub-Antarctic, thought to be the northern edge of young emperor penguins' natural habitat.

    Happy Feet Sets Off Soon 2011

  • He made 28 visits to the Antarctic and sub-Antarctic, established three stations on the continent, explored 3,000 miles of Antarctic coast and mapped more than half a million square miles of Antarctica.

    Australian Explorer Established Three Antarctic Stations The Times of London 2010

  • After their first molt, this fluffy plumage is replaced by small, tightly packed feathers that will protect the penguins from frigid sub-Antarctic seas.

    ZooBorns Andrew Bleiman 2010

  • After their first molt, this fluffy plumage is replaced by small, tightly packed feathers that will protect the penguins from frigid sub-Antarctic seas.

    ZooBorns Andrew Bleiman 2010

  • He made 28 visits to the Antarctic and sub-Antarctic, established three stations on the continent, explored 3,000 miles of Antarctic coast and mapped more than half a million square miles of Antarctica.

    Australian Explorer Established Three Antarctic Stations The Times of London 2010

  • He made 28 visits to the Antarctic and sub-Antarctic, established three stations on the continent, explored 3,000 miles of Antarctic coast and mapped more than half a million square miles of Antarctica.

    Australian Explorer Established Three Antarctic Stations The Times of London 2010

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