Adélie Penguin Gazing at its Habitat

In 1993 Heinz Plenge took part in an expedition to Antarctica. This gave him the opportunity to observe and photograph Adélie penguins in their natural habitat.
With this shot of an Adélie Penguin gazing at its delicate habitat, the photographer wants to highlight the importance of the endemic territory of animals. For a visitor the landscape might seem overwhelming, breathtaking, difficult and even scary. The animal, on the contrary, is staring right through its familiar and natural environment in which life is a form of symbiosis.