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...
This was the first large iceberg we saw on the trip during our passage between the Falkland Islands and South Georgia on December 22nd, 2024. A76b is the second...
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...
A lone King Penguin on the beach at Peggotty Cove in King Haakon Bay, South Georgia on December 26th, 2024. This is the location of Shackleton’s...
A fur seal pup boldly defending its territory on the beach at Fortuna Bay, South Georgia on December 23rd, 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 female Antarctic Fur Seal (Arctocephalus gazella) seen on the beach at Fortuna Bay, South Georgia on December 23rd, 2024. When in the water, and for a period...
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...
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...
