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)...
A Black-Crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) seen fishing along the shoreline in Ushuaia, Argentina on December 16th, 2024.
A kayaker crosses the rippled surface in the port of Ushuaia, Argentina on December 16th, 2024.
The two basalt buttresses known as Una Peaks mark the northern entrance to Antarctica’s stunningly picturesque Lemaire Channel. The beauty of this...
I’m interrupting my Longhorn Band photos to inject some from the expedition to South Georgia last year. Today marks exactly a year since Drew and I headed...
A Black-Browed Albatross (Thalassarche melanophris) in flight over the Southern Ocean between Tierra Del Fuego and the Falkland Islands on December 18th,...
A pair of affectionate Black-Browed Albatross (Thalassarche melanophris) seen on New Island in the Falkland Islands on December 19th, 2024. It’s...
A Wandering Albatross (Diomedea exulans) soars above the Southern Ocean west of South Georgia on December 21st, 2024. These birds hold the record for the largest...
Another interesting iceberg seen while cruising in a zodiac near Petermann Island in Antarctica on December 31st, 2024. The geography in the area causes...
Continuing the series I started yesterday, here’s another interesting iceberg section seen during our visit to Petermann Island off the Antarctic...
Summer temperatures are dragging on here in Texas so here’s something to cool people down while we wait for our first cold front of the season. I spied...
Staying in St. Andrews Bay, South Georgia today, here’s one of the dramatic views of the South Georgia mountains as seen from the path we took just...
