We saw a lot of penguins during our Antarctic adventure but there were also plenty of non-penguin birds to spot so I’ll run a short series of those...
Continuing the iceberg theme, here’s another spectacular berg seen as we exited Cooper Bay in South Georgia on Christmas Day last year. This also...
This was the first large iceberg we saw on the trip during our passage between the Falkland Islands and South Georgia on December 22nd, 2024. A76b is the second...
I’m going to stick with the icebergs of Cooper Bay, South Georgia for a few more days since I have so many shots taken there that I really enjoy....
I’m heading back south today with this view of one of the many icebergs grounded in Cooper Bay, South Georgia. The captain expertly navigated M/V Hondius...
I’ve been posting images from my amazing trip to Antarctica for almost two months now but the time has come to say goodbye with this image of a zodiac...
A lone King Penguin on the beach at Peggotty Cove in King Haakon Bay, South Georgia on December 26th, 2024. This is the location of Shackleton’s...
A fur seal pup boldly defending its territory on the beach at Fortuna Bay, South Georgia on December 23rd, 2024.
A Southern Giant Petrel (Macronectes Giganteus) silhouetted against the sunset sky near the western Falkland Islands, December 18th, 2024.
Mist shrouds one of the mountain peaks surrounding Cooper Bay, South Georgia on December 25th, 2024.
During three weeks of amazing locations, St. Andrews Bay on South Georgia still stands out as the most incredible to me. Penguins, rivers, glaciers, mountains...
A Black-browed Albatross (Thalassarche melanophris) gets ruffled by a high wind as it sits on its nest on New Island, one of the Falkland Islands, on December...
A female Antarctic Fur Seal (Arctocephalus gazella) seen on the beach at Fortuna Bay, South Georgia on December 23rd, 2024. When in the water, and for a period...
Complex patterns in the ice at Salpêtrière Bay, Antarctica as seen on December 31st, 2024.
We spied this cormorant, most likely a South Georgia Shag (Leucocarbo georgianus), fishing in Cooper Bay, South Georgia on Christmas Day last year. These...
Based on a very unscientific glance at Instagram engagement numbers, it seems that people prefer penguins and icebergs to rusty whaling stations so, in an attempt...
Rusting tanks and machinery in the historic whaling station at Grytviken, South Georgia, December 23rd, 2024.
Petrel is one of three decommissioned whalers beached at the historic whaling station in Grytviken, South Georgia. In the background you can see the British...
We’ll stay with the Grytviken whaling station today with another picture of the abandoned machinery found there. I expect this was some kind of boiler...
A Gentoo Penguin (Pygoscelis papua) seen on an ice floe at Cape Tuxen, Antarctica on December 31st, 2024.
