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...
Oceanwide Expeditions assistant expedition leader George Kennedy with one of the M/V Hondius’ zodiacs reflected in his sunglasses. Taken in King...
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...
Fur Seals (Arctocephalus gazella) were everywhere on South Georgia where the current population is estimated at five million or about 95% of the world...
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...
Shackleton’s epic 1916 rescue mission, sailing 800 miles in a lifeboat from Elephant Island in Antarctica to seek help for his stranded crew, reached...
I just realised that I have so far failed to post an image of the cutest inhabitants of South Georgia so today’s picture aims to correct that. We visited...
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...
