This is one of the rarest wildlife opportunities on the planet: the colony of thousands and thousands of rarely-seen emperor penguins. Enjoy the views of this amazing colony.

Snow Hill Island is an almost completely snowcapped island. It was discovered on January 6, 1843, by a British expedition under James Clark Ross, who, uncertain of its connection with the mainland, named it Snow Hill because its snow cover stood out in contrast to the bare ground of nearby Seymour Island. A Swedish expedition wintered here in 1902 and 1903.

Over the years, small numbers of Emperor Penguins have been sighted in this area of the Weddell Sea. A flight expedition on July 20, 1997, discovered this colony. On November 9, 2004, Quark Expeditions - Russian icebreaker Kapitan Khlebnikov, confirmed the existence of 4,000 breeding pairs of Emperor Penguins on the sea ice off Snow Hill Island. In October 2006, tourist trips began to this northernmost Emperor Penguin colony.