Five king penguins walking single file along a gravel beach past a bull elephant seal roaring with its mouth open, with another seal resting behind them and brown hills across the bay.

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South Georgia
I went to South Georgia for the king penguins. I got them, along with elephant seals, fur seals, a lot of noise, and a smell nobody warns you about.

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A small group of king penguins standing together on snow at Right Whale Bay, South Georgia.

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The beachmaster was cantankerous and kept bellowing at us. This parade of king penguins came walking down the beach right at us. Such clumsy birds on land. I stepped out of their way, watched them pass in front of the seals, and took this as the beachmaster berated them.