Antarctic Petrel Gallery

Herald petrel, Pterodroma arminjoniana arminjoniana

Specimen collected by Robert Falcon Scott's British Antarctic Expedition 1910-1913, also known as the Terra Nova expedition. It had a broad scientific programme and collected thousands of geological and zoological specimens. This species of seabird breeds on the island of Trindade, off Brazil. Previously known as South Trinidad, it was one of the stops made by Terra Nova on its voyage south. This specimen was prepared by Wilson, the expedition's chief of scientific staff, in July 1910

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Flight of Antarctic Petrels, c1908, (1909)

Flight of Antarctic Petrels, c1908, (1909). Anglo-Irish explorer Ernest Shackleton (1874-1922) made three expeditions to the Antarctic. During the second expedition, 1907-1909, he and three companions established a new record, Farthest South latitude at 88°S, only 97 geographical miles (112 statute miles, or 180 km) from the South Pole, the largest advance to the pole in exploration history. Members of his team also climbed Mount Erebus, the most active volcano in the Antarctic. Shackleton was knighted by King Edward VII for these achievements. He died during his third and last oceanographic and sub-antarctic expedition, aged 47. Illustration from The Heart of the Antarctic, Vol. I, by E. H. Shackleton, C.V.O. [William Heinemann, London, 1909]

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Southern / Antartic Fulmar with a Cape Petrel / Cape Pigeon (Daption c. capense) Flying low over the sea in high winds

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Southern / Antartic Fulmar with a Cape Petrel / Cape Pigeon (Daption c. capense) Flying low over the sea in high winds
Antarctic October
Fulmarus glacialoides
Chris Knights
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