by Audrey Benedict | May 18, 2020 | ePostCards
ePostcard #47: Bound for South Georgia! You never forget your first glimpse of South Georgia—the Antarctic oasis where alpine glaciers give way to tussock-dotted headlands and beaches covered with thousands of king penguins, elephant seals, and Antarctic fur seals....
by Audrey Benedict | May 15, 2020 | ePostCards
ePostcard #46: Ice Requiem In this time of accelerating global climate change in polar regions, we need to think about the complex and interdependent ecosystems that have evolved in association with ice in all of its forms. What I’ve shared in these East...
by Audrey Benedict | May 14, 2020 | ePostCards
ePostcard #45: Adélie Penguins at Risk Understanding the impacts of global climate perturbations on penguins is especially complex in polar regions. Adélie penguins are critically important as ecosystem sentinels because they are sea-ice dependent and their survival...
by Audrey Benedict | May 3, 2020 | ePostCards
ePostcard #36: Crested Penguins (Royals and Snares) Crested penguins, every species, just make you smile—you can’t help yourself! The large and fascinating genus Eudyptes includes both crested and rock hopper penguins. The first two of my photos are of royal (crested)...
by Audrey Benedict | May 2, 2020 | ePostCards
ePostcard #35: Yellow-eyed Penguins The yellow-eyed penguin is a New Zealand endemic and one of the rarest and most endangered species of penguin in the world. The Maori name for the yellow-eyed penguin is “hoiho,” which means “noise-maker.” This makes me...
