Adeliee penguin, Pygoscelis adeliae
Adeliee penguin specimen collected during Scott's British Antarctic Expedition 1910-1913, also known as the Terra Nova expedition, by expedition surgeon Murray Levick. Levick conducted one of the earliest detailed studies of Adeliee penguins. For three months, he observed the behaviour of the penguins during their breeding season. It was the first study of its kind. This penguin from Cape Adare was collected and prepared by Murray Levick in 1911
Picture No
10717210
Media ID
47594485
Size
4415px x 3821px
(5.8MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / Natural History Museum
Source
Photograph from the Natural History Museum Collection
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