A National Geographic Photographer’s Incredible Antarctic Experience

  • by Michael Zhang on November 16, 2009
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Here’s a video that’s going viral on YouTube. National Geographic photographer Paul Nicklen traveled to Antarctica to photograph leopard seals in the water. After arriving, they came across one of the largest leopard seals his experienced guide had ever seen. What happened next you’ll have to see to believe:

For more on this event, you can read this interview with Paul Nicklen, and check out the photographs that resulted in this gallery.

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  • this video is absolutely amazing. and there was purpose to this video and what the seal was doing. although the seal saw him as a predator, that seal did everything it could to make sure that the man would live. seriously?
  • Very interesting story!
  • This story is amazing!
  • Robert_B
    Absolutely awesome.r
  • Name
    So this National Geo nature photographer goes to Antarctica and allows a leopard seal to continue to kill penguins for no purpose for four days? What is so great about this?
  • It's called the Circle of Life
  • AmericaLover
    Penguins in Antarctica are kinda like illegal Mexican immigrants in Arizona. You could loose a few thousand of them and no one would really care. There are plenty more where they came from!
  • M Robertson
    AmericaLover, that's a horrible thing to say. You're an ass.
  • jakobleberkas
    ?? funny comment, you got me there for a moment :-)
    Honestly, I think you didn't get the point (but I actually did get it)
  • Phred
    No purpose? You can't be that stupid. Then again, some people are just that....

    The vid is a fantastic look at nurturing in nature.
  • Mcsomething
    ANTARCTIC, not Arctic.

    Get it right. Leopard seals don't live at the North Pole, nor do penguins.
  • Thanks for the catch. Fixed the post title :-)
  • WOW, looks like a great adventure :-D
  • joakimbergquist
    What a fantastic thing! really well done and what a story!!!
  • Yep, this video is amazing! I posted it on facebook and tweeted it a few days ago as well.

    Petapixel readers may be interested in purchasing (or finding out more about) Paul Nicklen's book Polar Obsession. It is available on Amazon.com.

    Cheers,

    ~Eugene
  • Wow! This is incredible. Thanks for sharing!
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