This rather gruesome looking Southern Giant Petrel (Macronectes giganteus) was taking a bath at Cooper Bay, South Georgia where it and a number of other...
A Striated Caracara or Forster’s Caracara (Phalcoboenus australis) seen on New Island in the Falkland Islands on December 19th, 2024.
We saw a lot of penguins during our Antarctic adventure but there were also plenty of non-penguin birds to spot so I’ll run a short series of those...
Continuing the iceberg theme, here’s another spectacular berg seen as we exited Cooper Bay in South Georgia on Christmas Day last year. This also...
I’m going to stick with the icebergs of Cooper Bay, South Georgia for a few more days since I have so many shots taken there that I really enjoy....
I’m heading back south today with this view of one of the many icebergs grounded in Cooper Bay, South Georgia. The captain expertly navigated M/V Hondius...
I’ve been posting images from my amazing trip to Antarctica for almost two months now but the time has come to say goodbye with this image of a zodiac...
A Southern Giant Petrel (Macronectes Giganteus) silhouetted against the sunset sky near the western Falkland Islands, December 18th, 2024.
Mist shrouds one of the mountain peaks surrounding Cooper Bay, South Georgia on December 25th, 2024.
During three weeks of amazing locations, St. Andrews Bay on South Georgia still stands out as the most incredible to me. Penguins, rivers, glaciers, mountains...
A Black-browed Albatross (Thalassarche melanophris) gets ruffled by a high wind as it sits on its nest on New Island, one of the Falkland Islands, on December...
We spied this cormorant, most likely a South Georgia Shag (Leucocarbo georgianus), fishing in Cooper Bay, South Georgia on Christmas Day last year. These...
Rusting tanks and machinery in the historic whaling station at Grytviken, South Georgia, December 23rd, 2024.
Petrel is one of three decommissioned whalers beached at the historic whaling station in Grytviken, South Georgia. In the background you can see the British...
We’ll stay with the Grytviken whaling station today with another picture of the abandoned machinery found there. I expect this was some kind of boiler...
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,...
