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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.
Magellanic Penguins (Spheniscus magellanicus) on the beach. Carcass Island, Falkland Islands, South Atlantic.
Pale-faced Sheathbill (Chionis alba). Gold Harbour, South Georgia, South Atlantic.
Southern Giant Petrel (Macronectes giganteus) resting on beach. Stromness, South Georgia, South Atlantic.
Southern Giant Petrel (Macronectes giganteus) resting with bill tucked under its wing. Stromness, South Georgia, South Atlantic.
Wandering Albatross (Diomedea exulans) flying off the southern tip of South Georgia at sunset, South Atlantic. (digitally stitched image)
Wandering Albatross (Diomedea exulans) flying over the Bay of Isles with Salisbury Plain glacier in the background. South Georgia, South Atlantic. (digitally stitched image)
Wandering Albatross (Diomedea exulans) flying off South Georgia, South Atlantic. (digitally stitched image)
Wandering Albatross (Diomedea exulans) flying over rugged coast near Stromness, South Georgia, South Atlantic. (digitally altered image)
