Back on December 31st, we were delighted to be able to watch a couple of Humpback Whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) spend about an hour feeding all around...
Adélie penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae) are found along the entire Antarctic coast but not on any of the sub-Antarctic islands so we only started seeing...
M/V Hondius, one of four vessels operated by Oceanwide Expeditions, has been our traveling home for the last couple of weeks as we’ve wandered the Southern...
We visited Elephant Island yesterday for a zodiac cruise around the bay at Point Wild, the location of the final rescue of Shackleton’s team back...
We reached Antarctica proper this morning and were woken up half an hour early when the expedition crew noticed a huge number of whales feeding just ahead...
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...
We cruised past the world’s largest iceberg, A-23a, this morning and picked up a significant following of local seabirds including this Antarctic...
Thanks to unexpectedly calm weather, we ended up spending an additional morning at South Georgia to visit King Haakon Bay in the north west of the island....
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...
The first bird colony we visited on New Island (on December 19th) was home to a large number of Imperial Cormorants (Leucocarbo bransfieldensis) including...
A Gentoo penguin with two chicks in a colony on New Island, one of the Falkland Islands, on December 19th, 2024. The landscape of New Island reminded me very...
After two incredible days on the Falkland Islands, M/V Hondius raised anchor this afternoon and hit the open sea in the direction of South Georgia, three...
Today was our first penguin day! We spent it visiting a couple of different bird colonies on New Island, one of the 704 islands comprising the Falkland...
Apparently Oceanwide Expeditions have installed StarLink on their boats and, as a result, are now offering limited, free internet to guests for the duration...
We check out of our Ushuaia hotel in a few minutes and head to the port to embark on a long-planned 3 week expedition in the Southern Ocean and Antarctica...
We made it to Ushuaia in Tierra del Fuego, Argentina today and spent a few hours just wandering around the town and seafront getting a feel for the place....
Day one of our trip got off to a flying start with a whistle-stop tour of some of Buenos Aires’ main sights. It turned out to be a great way to spend...
The time has come to post my favourite images of the year (although I reserve the right to change this later or adjust my date boundaries for next year...
