We reached Antarctica proper this morning and were woken up half an hour early when the expedition crew noticed a huge number of whales feeding just ahead...
I just realised that I have so far failed to post an image of the cutest inhabitants of South Georgia so today’s picture aims to correct that. We visited...
We cruised past the world’s largest iceberg, A-23a, this morning and picked up a significant following of local seabirds including this Antarctic...
Thanks to unexpectedly calm weather, we ended up spending an additional morning at South Georgia to visit King Haakon Bay in the north west of the island....
I was delighted to find that there are Antarctic Terns (Sterna vittata georgiae) nesting at Godthul on South Georgia where we spent yesterday afternoon....
This morning’s shore excursion was absolutely amazing. We got up at 4am to shuttle across to the beach at St. Andrew’s Bay on South Georgia,...
We had a tremendous day today with two landings at very different locations on South Georgia. Rather than posting another nature picture, as I would have...
The first bird colony we visited on New Island (on December 19th) was home to a large number of Imperial Cormorants (Leucocarbo bransfieldensis) including...
A Gentoo penguin with two chicks in a colony on New Island, one of the Falkland Islands, on December 19th, 2024. The landscape of New Island reminded me very...
After two incredible days on the Falkland Islands, M/V Hondius raised anchor this afternoon and hit the open sea in the direction of South Georgia, three...
Today was our first penguin day! We spent it visiting a couple of different bird colonies on New Island, one of the 704 islands comprising the Falkland...
Apparently Oceanwide Expeditions have installed StarLink on their boats and, as a result, are now offering limited, free internet to guests for the duration...
We check out of our Ushuaia hotel in a few minutes and head to the port to embark on a long-planned 3 week expedition in the Southern Ocean and Antarctica...
We made it to Ushuaia in Tierra del Fuego, Argentina today and spent a few hours just wandering around the town and seafront getting a feel for the place....
Day one of our trip got off to a flying start with a whistle-stop tour of some of Buenos Aires’ main sights. It turned out to be a great way to spend...
Here’s another take on Factory Butte near Hanksville, Utah from our 2022 NxNW expedition. This image was taken during the same flight as the one I posted...
It’s time for another foray into the archives after I found and edited several pictures that I had somehow missed when initially processing their...
The French Baroque style Wheeler Hall on the campus of the University of California Berkeley is home to the university’s English and College Writing...
Container ships from international shipping giants HMM and Yang Ming at the port of Oakland, California on September 21st, 2024,
Handling equipment at the Oakland container port seen in front of a fog-shrouded San Francisco skyline.
