Images Dated 3rd December 2004

One adult King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) amongst colony of chicks. Gold Harbor

King Penguins breed on the subantarctic islands at the northern reaches of Antarctica, South Georgia, and other temperate islands of the region. The total population is estimated to be 2.23 million pairs and is increasing. The King Penguin is the second largest species of penguin at about 90 cm (3.0 ft) tall and weighing 11 to 16 kg (24 to 35 lb) Like all penguin species, it has a streamlined body to minimize drag while swimming, webbed feet to propel more force when swimming, and wings that have become stiff, flat flippers

Cheyne Row, Chelsea, 1881

Engraving showing Cheyne Row, Chelsea, London in 1881. Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881), the Scottish historian and essayist, lived here. Carlyle's birthplace at Ecclefechan, in Dumfries and Galloway, is pictured in the inset at top right

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The Turtle Hippodrome, Earls Court, 1908

Illustration showing the Turtle Hippodrome, which was part of the Hungarian display at the Earl's Court Exhibition, 1908. This image shows riders moving around, somewhat uncertainly, on turtles on castors

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