Photographs by Norbert Wu
Adelie penguins must leave their rookery to feed.  They must be cautious, as leopard seals wait in the water to ambush them.  

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  • tourists are allowed to visit some islands and rookeries, populations of Adelie penguins and their rookeries are decining rapidly, probably due to global warming, Torgeson Island, Antarctic Peninsula, Palmer Station, January 2010
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  • Palmer station in background, Adelie penguins and their rookeries are decining rapidly, probably due to global warming, Torgeson Island, Antarctic Peninsula, Palmer Station, January 2010
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  • Adelie penguins leave rookery to feed, where they face attacks by leopard seals, Antarctic Peninsula, near Palmer Station, January 2010
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  • Adelie penguins leave rookery to feed. They must be cautious, as leopard seals wait in the water to ambush them. Antarctic Peninsula, near Palmer Station, January 2010
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  • © Norbert Wu, www.norbertwu.com
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  • Adelie penguins leave rookery to feed. They must be cautious, as leopard seals wait in the water to ambush them. Antarctic Peninsula, near Palmer Station, January 2010
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  • © Norbert Wu, www.norbertwu.com
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  • Adelie penguins leave rookery to feed. They must be cautious, as leopard seals wait in the water to ambush them. Antarctic Peninsula, near Palmer Station, January 2010
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  • © Norbert Wu, www.norbertwu.com
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  • Adelie penguins leave rookery to feed. They must be cautious, as leopard seals wait in the water to ambush them. Antarctic Peninsula, near Palmer Station, January 2010
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  • © Norbert Wu, www.norbertwu.com
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  • Adelie penguins leave rookery to feed. They must be cautious, as leopard seals wait in the water to ambush them. Antarctic Peninsula, near Palmer Station, January 2010
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  • © Norbert Wu, www.norbertwu.com
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  • Adelie penguins leave rookery to feed. They must be cautious, as leopard seals wait in the water to ambush them. Antarctic Peninsula, near Palmer Station, January 2010
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  • © Norbert Wu, www.norbertwu.com