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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.

  • Vertebrae Humpback Whale Megaptera whaling Cuverville Island Antarctica
    Vertebrae of Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae): relic of whaling industry. Cuverville Island, Antarctica. (digitally stitched image)
  • Ice bergs sunset Humback Whale Vernadsky Antarctic Peninsula Antarctica
    Ice bergs and formations at sunset with Humback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) diving in the fore ground. Vernadsky, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica. (digitally stitched image)
  • Kelp Gulls flying iceberg Graham Passage Antarctic Peninsula Antarctica
    Kelp Gulls (Larus dominicanus) flying over ice berg. Graham Passage, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica. (digitally altered image)
  • Kelp Gulls icebergs sun rise Humback Whale Vernadsky Antarctic Peninsula Antarctica
    Kelp Gulls (Larus dominicanus) flying over ice bergs and ice formations at sun rise, with Humback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) in the foreground. Vernadsky, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica. (digitally stitched image)
  • King Penguin Aptenodytes Gold Harbour South Georgia South Atlantic.
    King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus). Gold Harbour, South Georgia, South Atlantic.
  • King Penguin breeding colony Salisbury Plain South Georgia, South Atlantic
    King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) breeding colony at Salisbury Plain, South Georgia, South Atlantic.
  • King Penguin Aptenodytes breeding colony Salisbury Plain South Georgia South Atlantic
    King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) breeding colony. Salisbury Plain, South Georgia, South Atlantic. (digitally stitched image)
  • King Penguin chick Salisbury Plain South Georgia South Atlantic
    King Penguin chick (Aptenodytes patagonicus), Salisbury Plain, South Georgia, South Atlantic.
  • King Penguin colony Gold Harbour ice avalanche South Georgia South Atlantic
    King Penguin colony (Aptenodytes patagonicus) at Gold Harbour with ice avalanche from a hanging glacier. Southern extreme of South Georgia, South Atlantic. (digitally stitched image)
  • King Penguin Aptenodytes displaying hovering Antarctic Tern Sterna Salisbury Plain South Georgia South Atlantic
    King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) displaying at hovering Antarctic Tern (Sterna vittata). Beach front, Salisbury Plain, South Georgia, South Atlantic.
  • King Penguin Aptenodytes preening Salisbury Plain South Georgia South Atlantic.
    King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) preening. Salisbury Plain, South Georgia, South Atlantic.
  • King Penguin Aptenodytes preening Salisbury Plain South Georgia South Atlantic.
    King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) preening. Salisbury Plain, South Georgia, South Atlantic.