A Gentoo Penguin (Pygoscelis papua) seen on an ice floe at Cape Tuxen, Antarctica on December 31st, 2024.
Buxton Glacier is one of three glaciers that meet and terminate at St. Andrews Bay in South Georgia. Maps indicate that the glacier front has receded by about...
Apparently yesterday was Penguin Awareness Day and I missed an opportunity to post one of the many penguin pictures I have lined up. I’ll make good...
The mountains of Tierra Del Fuego recede into the sunset light in this image taken in the Beagle Channel shortly after we departed Ushuaia at the start...
An abandoned whaler in the historic whaling station at Grytviken, South Georgia, with Oceanwide Expeditions’ M.V. Hondius at anchor in the bay behind,...
After a year on land as brown fuzzballs, King Penguins shed their fuzz and prepare to head out to sea for the first time. Here’s one disreputable-looking...
The King Penguin rookery at St. Andrews Bay on South Georgia is the world’s largest. The last official count in 2021 estimated 150,000 birds but recent...
One of the many and varied icebergs floating in the bay at Cape Tuxen, Antarctica on the morning of December 31st, 2024.
Aside from one lost individual on the Falkland Islands, we only saw Macaroni Penguins (Eudyptes chrysolophus) in a single location during our trip. Here...
King penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) undergo an annual catastrophic moult during which they replace their entire collection of feathers all at once....
We saw a huge diversity in the shapes and textures of icebergs on the trip. This one, spotted as we left Cooper Bay in South Georgia, had likely toppled...
I’ll stick with the zodiac theme today with this image taken at Cape Tuxen on the Antarctic mainland. This was one of the most breathtaking views...
The big Antarctic adventure is almost over, unfortunately. Our journey back to Ushuaia has been fine so far with the Drake Passage proving less daunting...
M/V Hondius, one of four vessels operated by Oceanwide Expeditions, has been our traveling home for the last couple of weeks as we’ve wandered the Southern...
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...
We cruised past the world’s largest iceberg, A-23a, this morning and picked up a significant following of local seabirds including this Antarctic...
I was delighted to find that there are Arctic Terns (Sterna paradisaea) nesting at Godthul on South Georgia where we spent yesterday afternoon. I’ve...
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...
