South Georgia island, Falkland Islands
1998
Maria Stenzel
King penguins, the second largest penguin species, commune on the rocky beaches of South Georgia island. Penguin body mass is a critical determinant of breeding cycle length???kings have a breeding cycle of 14 to 16 months.
(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Shackleton: Epic of Survival," November 1998, National Geographic magazine)