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 detail of a huge tabular iceberg seen near Cooper Bay, South Georgia on December 25th, 2024. I love the contrast between the smooth, ocean-washed sections...
Time for another change and some more icebergs. Here’s a large, tabular berg grounded just off the dramatic coast of Cooper Bay, South Georgia seen...
A couple of boisterous juvenile Antarctic Fur Seals (Arctocephalus gazella) seen playing at the water’s edge in Godthul, South Georgia on December...
A proud-looking adult male Antarctic Fur Seal (Arctocephalus gazella) seen in Cooper Bay, South Georgia on December 25th, 2024.
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....
Continuing the theme of “birds looking to the left”, here’s a Southern Rockhopper Penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome) checking out the visitors...
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...
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...
A group of Macaroni Penguins (Eudyptes chrysolophus) seen processing along the shoreline at Cooper Bay, South Georgia on December 25th, 2024. Macaronis...
Playful juvenile Fur Seals (Arctocephalus gazella) seen at Godthul, South Georgia on December 24th, 2024.
A group of King Penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) seen on the beach at Gold Harbour, South Georgia on December 25th, 2025.
