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1st place Collective Portfolio Award

Stefan Christmann Antarctica

Stefan Christmann is a nature photographer and filmmaker from Germany, who has wintered twice in Antarctica. He is mostly known for his intimate photographs of the emperor penguin colony in Atka Bay and being part of the BBC film team that filmed the emperor penguin episode for BBC Dynasties. With the poetry of his images and his emotional stories about the continent at the end of the world, Christmann wants to reveal the special beauty and vulnerability of the Polar Regions. His active educational work is intended to benefit not only the emperor penguins, but also their endangered Antarctic habitat.

All of Stefan's Collective Portfolio Award entry

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Emperor penguins returning to the breeding grounds at the end of summer.

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Two emperor penguins mating. The male is climbing onto the female.

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The emperor penguin egg is bred by the fathers and carried on their feet.

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Male emperor penguins huddling during polar night, to stay warm as a group.

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A returning female calling for her mate upon her arrival at the colony.

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In late spring, the emperor penguin colony almost mainly consists of chicks.

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Two emperor penguin parents shielding their young chick from the drifting snow.

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When both parents are foraging, their chicks gather in creches, or mini huddles.

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A lonely chick standing on the ice-shelf, as the sea-ice broke up too early.

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Ocean Portfolio Award winner, 2021, Stefan Christmann

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IMAGES BY Stefan Christmann

ConservationPhotographer of the Year

2021 Antarctica

2021 CPoY finalist, Stefan Christmann

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Enjoy the vibrancy, beauty and impact of each year's finalist photography, celebrated in our Ocean Photographer of the Year coffee table book collection.

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