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South Georgia & Antarctica

In June 2009 I had my first experience of a polar region when I visited Svalbard. Barely seven months later I was offered the opportunity to complete the experience and travel south to the Antarctic with Perengrine Adventures. Spending three weeks aboard the Akademik Vavilov I had my first taste of the wildlife spectacles that have made the Falklands, South Georgia and the Antarctic Peninsula so famous. The scenic splendour was breath-taking and the experience is etched deeply into my memory.

The highlights are too many to mention, but would include bewildering numbers of King Penguins at Salisbury Plain and Gold Harbour on South Georgia, the grace of a soaring Wandering Albatross, the sinister grimace of a Leopard Seal and the magical beauty of scuptured icebergs around the Yalour Islands.

I'm not sure my images could ever do justice to the sights and scenes I witnessed, but I gave it a good shot.

  • Adelie Penguin Pygoscelis iceberg Yalour Islands Antarctic Peninsula Antarctica
    Adelie Penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) on ice berg. Yalour Islands, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica.
  • Adelie Penguin Pygoscelis iceberg Yalour Islands Antarctic Peninsula Antarctica
    Adelie Penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) on ice berg. Yalour Islands, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica.
  • Adelie Penguins Pygoscelis blue iceberg Graham Passage Antarctic Peninsula Antarctica
    Adelie Penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae) on blue ice berg. Graham Passage, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica.
  • Adelie Penguins Pygoscelis iceberg Yalour Islands Antarctic Peninsula Antarctica
    Adelie Penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae) on ice berg. Yalour Islands, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica.
  • Antarctic Fur Seal Stromness South Georgia South Atlantic
    Antarctic Fur Seal (Arctocephalus gazella). Stromness, South Georgia, South Atlantic.
  • Antarctic Fur Seal colony whaling station Stromness South Georgia South Atlantic
    Antarctic Fur Seal colony (Arctocephalus gazella) with decaying whaling station in the background. Stromness, South Georgia, South Atlantic. (digitally stitched image)
  • Antarctic Fur Seal pups Gold Harbour South Georgia South Atlantic
    Antarctic Fur Seal pups (Arctocephalus gazella) playing in surf. Gold Harbour, South Georgia, South Atlantic.
  • Antarctic Tern hovering iceberg Yalour Islands Antarctic Peninsula Antarctica
    Antarctic Tern (Sterna vittata) hovering by iceberg. Yalour Islands, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica
  • Black-browed Albatross Saunders Island Falkland Islands South Atlantic
    Black-browed Albatross (Thalassarche [melanophrys] melanophrys) at breeding colony. Saunders Island, Falkland Islands, South Atlantic.
  • Black-browed Albatross Saunders Island Falkland Islands South Atlantic
    Black-browed Albatross (Thalassarche [melanophrys] melanophrys) at breeding colony. Saunders Island, Falkland Islands, South Atlantic.
  • Black-browed Albatross flying rainbow Bay of Isles South Georgia, South Atlantic.
    Black-browed Albatross (Thalassarche [melanophrys] melanophrys) flying off the Bay of Isles with rainbow, South Georgia, South Atlantic. (digitally stitched / composite image)
  • Black-browed Albatross sea Saunders Island Falkland Islands South Atlantic
    Black-browed Albatross (Thalassarche [melanophrys] melanophrys) at sea off Saunders Island, Falkland Islands, South Atlantic.