Antarctica Wildlife Images can be downloaded here from the BAS image collection here:Title slide/background templates can be downloaded from the BAS Intranet here: Antarctic Penguins Penguins are the most common bird in the Antarctic Of the 17 different types of penguin, only two (emperor and Adlie) make the Antarctic continent their true home Chinstrap, gentoo and macaroni penguins breed on the northern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula King penguins only breed on the warmer, more northerly sub-Antarctic islands More info available at: Emperor penguins King penguins Adlie penguins Chinstrap penguin Macaroni penguins Antarctic Seals There are six Antarctic seal species: Leopard Ross Weddell Crabeater Fur Elephant Leopard, Ross, Weddell and Crabeater seals are ice habitat specialists, breeding on the sea ice in spring. Leopard and Ross seals tend to be solitary, whereas Weddell and Crabeater form loose breeding aggregations Antarctic fur seals and elephant seals are found north of the pack-ice zone and breed in dense colonies on beaches. Leopard seal Ross seal Weddell seal Fur seals Elephant seals (females) Elephant seal (male) Humpback whale Killer whale Minke whale Wandering albatrosses Black-browed albatross Grey-headed albatrosses Light-mantled sooty albatross Antarctic skua Northern giant petrel Arctic tern Snow petrel Sea stars and molluscs Brachiopods Diver Icefish Giant sea spider Giant sponge and diver