Encounter

Giant petrel glides along the face of a mammoth iceberg

Parent gentoo feed young with regurgitated krill

Gentoo penguins moulting

Southern polar skua swoops over gentoo crèche

Giant petrel attacks head of gentoo chick

Giant petrel captures gentoo chick from the rear

Giant petrel attempts to climb on gentoo chick

Giant petrel clambers on top of gentoo chick

Gentoo chick lifts up giant petrel on its back from a laying position

Gentoo chick slips away only to be caught again by the petrel

Petrel and chick in face to face stand-off

Petrel senses a kill

Gentoo chick caught again as it attempts to escape

Gentoo chick becomes mortally wounded

Gentoo chick’s desperate final attempt to secure protection within the colony

Gentoos protecting injured chick and challenge the petrel

Petrel breaks through the gentoo ranks to its prey

Gentoos continue to show comradery

Gentoo’s defiant call in adversity

Feast over, giant petrel departs

Giant petrel seeks snow for ‘drinking’

The bird from hell