Our last day at the Antarctic Peninsula, January 1st, 2025, was drizzly and damp. We spent it at the Orne Islands which are home to some large penguin...
King Penguins at St. Andrew’s Bay, South Georgia, home to the island’s (and likely the world’s) largest colony containing somewhere around...
While we’ve been away (attending my son’s graduation in Atlanta), the M.V. Hondius story has played out to a point where, assuming things went...
M.V. Hondius at anchor off Petermann Island, Antarctica on December 31st, 2024 with a colony of Gentoo and Adelie penguins in the foreground. Hondius is currently...
With M.V. Hondius in the news, I’ve been wandering through my photos from our trip on the ship back in December 2024. Here’s a photo from what...
I was heartbroken yesterday afternoon to read about the hantavirus cases on M.V Hondius as it sailed from Ushuaia to Cape Verde while relocating from Antarctica...
An ice spire created by a rotated iceberg seen at Cape Tuxen, Antarctica on December 31st, 2024.
A detail of a huge tabular iceberg seen near Cooper Bay, South Georgia on December 25th, 2024. I love the contrast between the smooth, ocean-washed sections...
Time for another change and some more icebergs. Here’s a large, tabular berg grounded just off the dramatic coast of Cooper Bay, South Georgia seen...
A couple of juvenile elephant seals (Mirounga leonina) playing in the water at the site of Shackleton’s Peggotty Camp in King Haakon Bay, South Georgia...
A glistening female Antarctic Fur Seal (Arctocephalus gazella) shortly after she emerged from the water in Fortuna Bay, South Georgia on December 23rd,...
A couple of boisterous juvenile Antarctic Fur Seals (Arctocephalus gazella) seen playing at the water’s edge in Godthul, South Georgia on December...
A proud-looking adult male Antarctic Fur Seal (Arctocephalus gazella) seen in Cooper Bay, South Georgia on December 25th, 2024.
A Crabeater Seal (Lobodon carcinophaga) hauled out on an ice flow at Petermann Island, Antarctica on December 31st, 2024. Despite the name, these seals...
The little guy in yesterday’s image was probably about a foot long and tipped the scales at maybe 5 or 6 pounds. Today, we jump to the other end of the seal...
That’s enough of derelict factories – it’s time for some more Antarctic wildlife! Let’s start with the week’s cutest image....
A cliff in King Haakon Bay, South Georgia towers above a zodiac near its base. December 26th, 2024. King Haakon Bay in the north-west of the island is the site...
This will be the final picture from last year’s amazing adventure for a while since we’re about to head off on this year’s Christmas...
Continuing the theme of “birds looking to the left”, here’s a Southern Rockhopper Penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome) checking out the visitors...
Here’s another bird we saw frequently during our Antarctica trip last year. We stumbled upon this Southern Giant Petrel chick (Macronectes giganteus)...
