Expedition 🇦🇶
Antarctica
Emperor penguins on the ice, whales in the polar sea, and the last great wilderness at the bottom of the world.
Wildlife overview
Antarctica is the coldest, driest, and windiest continent — a white desert where life clings to the coast and the edge of the ice. Emperor penguins breed through the polar winter, seals haul out on floes, and whales feed in rich Southern Ocean waters during the brief summer.
For Catch'Um collectors, Antarctica is the ultimate expedition — legendary, remote, and home to wildlife that endures conditions no other species can match.
Species to spot here
Popular discoveries
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Emperor Penguin — Survivor of the polar night — the tallest penguin, breeding through Antarctica's cruellest winter on the ice.
Rare species
Best places to spot wildlife
Snow Hill Island
Antarctic Peninsula
An emperor penguin colony accessible by icebreaker and helicopter — one of the rarest wildlife encounters on Earth.
Ross Sea
East Antarctica
The largest marine protected area on Earth — emperor penguins, Adélie penguins, and orcas in pristine polar waters.
South Georgia Island
Sub-Antarctic
Not quite the continent, but the gateway expedition — king penguins in their hundreds of thousands on shingle beaches.
Weddell Sea
East Antarctica
Emperor penguin colonies on sea ice — accessed only by the hardiest expedition vessels.
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