Adelie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) parent and chick, Cape Adare, Antarctica. Photographs taken during Scott's British Antarctic Expedition 1910-1913

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Adelie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) parent and chick, Cape Adare, Antarctica. Photographs taken during Scott's British Antarctic Expedition 1910-1913 (also known as the Terra Nova expedition) by expedition surgeon Murray Levick. Levick studied the sexual and rearing behaviour of Adelie penguins during their breeding season.

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