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)...
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...
It’s hard to believe it’s been almost a year since Drew and I headed off on our Antarctic adventure. As I see the start of this year’s...
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...
This is another view of the moulting King Penguins at St. Andrews Bay on South Georgia as seen during our visit on December 24th last year. They lined...
I’m delving back into the archive of photos from last December’s trip to Antarctica today. Here, a group of moulting King Penguins (Aptenodytes...
Continuing the theme of boats, we move to the bottom end of the size scale today with this image of an expedition zodiac cruising in front of the face...
