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 glistening female Antarctic Fur Seal (Arctocephalus gazella) shortly after she emerged from the water in Fortuna Bay, South Georgia on December 23rd,...
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 two basalt buttresses known as Una Peaks mark the northern entrance to Antarctica’s stunningly picturesque Lemaire Channel. The beauty of this...
A Black-Browed Albatross (Thalassarche melanophris) in flight over the Southern Ocean between Tierra Del Fuego and the Falkland Islands on December 18th,...
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...
Our December expedition to Antarctica left Ushuaia in the afternoon and sailed east along the Beagle Channel, closely followed by Quark Expedition’s...
A group of Chinstrap Penguins (Pygoscelis antarcticus) on an ice floe floating offshore from Elephant Island, Antarctica on December 29th, 2024.
I’m working on my upcoming presentation for Hill Country Photography Club so am in the mood to post a few more of the shots I took during last December’s...
I think this will be my final Grytviken image for this week. This shot was taken just in front of the cemetery containing Shackleton’s grave, looking...
Rusty tanks and machinery in the now-abandoned whaling station in Grytviken, South Georgia as seen on December 23rd, 2024.
Oceanwide Expeditions‘ M.V. Hondius at anchor in King Edward Cove by the now-abandoned whaling station in Grytviken, South Georgia as seen on December...
Two abandoned and decaying whaling ships beached at the whaling station in Grytviken, South Georgia as seen on December 23rd, 2024.
