Dissostichus mawsoni

Chionodraco hamatus

The characteristic posture of the icefish is “sitting” on the botton kept by its elongate pelvic fins (Montgomery & Macdonald, 1998).

Balaenoptera musculus

Common name - Blue Whale

Largest of Earth's animals, the majestic Blue whale can be found in all the world's oceans. In summer, they frequent the fringes of the polar ice shelves, moving to tropical and subtropical waters during the winter months. They travel alone or occasionally in pairs, with the larger individuals occuring the farthest south. Once numbering close to 200,000 individuals, Blue whales were heavily exploited for their oil, meat, and baleen duri...View more

Diomedea exulans

Common name - Wandering albatross

The wandering albatross (also referred to as 'Snowy albatross') is an iconic seabird of the Southern Ocean. This large, almost totally white, seabird is unmistakable as it glides effortlessly for hours around ships.

Aptenodytes patagonicus

Common name - King penguin

King penguins are the second largest penguins alive today in terms of size and body weight. The largest penguins are the King penguins’ cousins, the emperor penguins. The International Union for the Conservation of Nature classifies King penguins as “Least Concern”.

Sycozoa sigillinoides

Usually white-brown in colour. This clearly stalked animal varies from a few to about 10cm long – the stalk is about 5mm diameter. The species is quite flexible and soft to touch, though the lower stalk is more firm and ‘plasticy’. The near transparent zooids can clearly be seen arranged around the common terminal cloaca. Similar species include Sycozoa gaimardi which is known from the magellanic and northern Antarctic Peninsula regions.

Synoicum adareanum

Orange in colour. This mid-sized squirt can get up to 20cm high and about half this in diameter. It has a round to phallic shaped upper, which feels quite solid to touch. Like in Sycozoa species the clearly visible zooids are arranged circling around the common cloaca. The lower stalk, from which several upper parts may come from, feels much tougher

Pyura obesa

Yellow or orange and flask-shaped. This large ascidian grows up to 22cm long.