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 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...
Here’s another bird we saw frequently during our Antarctica trip last year. We stumbled upon this Southern Giant Petrel chick (Macronectes giganteus)...
Continuing the theme of boats, we move to the bottom end of the size scale today with this image of an expedition zodiac cruising in front of the face...
An apparently-contented juvenile Southern Elephant Seal (Mirounga leonina) lying on the beach at Peggotty Camp, King Haakon Bay, South Georgia on December...
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...
Oceanwide Expeditions assistant expedition leader George Kennedy with one of the M/V Hondius’ zodiacs reflected in his sunglasses. Taken in King...
Fur Seals (Arctocephalus gazella) were everywhere on South Georgia where the current population is estimated at five million or about 95% of the world...
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...
