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 juvenile elephant seals (Mirounga leonina) playing in the water at the site of Shackleton’s Peggotty Camp in King Haakon Bay, South Georgia...
A glistening female Antarctic Fur Seal (Arctocephalus gazella) shortly after she emerged from the water in Fortuna Bay, South Georgia on December 23rd,...
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.
A Crabeater Seal (Lobodon carcinophaga) hauled out on an ice flow at Petermann Island, Antarctica on December 31st, 2024. Despite the name, these seals...
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....
A cliff in King Haakon Bay, South Georgia towers above a zodiac near its base. December 26th, 2024. King Haakon Bay in the north-west of the island is the site...
This will be the final picture from last year’s amazing adventure for a while since we’re about to head off on this year’s Christmas...
Continuing the theme of “birds looking to the left”, here’s a Southern Rockhopper Penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome) checking out the visitors...
Here’s another bird we saw frequently during our Antarctica trip last year. We stumbled upon this Southern Giant Petrel chick (Macronectes giganteus)...
A Black-Crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) seen fishing along the shoreline in Ushuaia, Argentina on December 16th, 2024.
A kayaker crosses the rippled surface in the port of Ushuaia, Argentina on December 16th, 2024.
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...
