Antarctic Peninsula
Photographer: Bertie Gregory
Great travel photos capture big moments, but the best still leave room for imagination. This shot, entered in the 2023 edition of the London Natural History Museum’s Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition, depicts a rare pod (B1) of orca rushing towards a lone seal on the ice floe. It captures the phenomenon of ‘wave washing’, when these predators turn just before hitting the ice and the force of their momentum pushes the water onwards in an attempt to flush or
