Antarctica

ANTARCTICA

The last great frozen wilderness ......

 .... but the sub-antarctic islands close to the Antarctic Peninsular are rich in wildlife !!!

FALKLAND ISLANDS

West point Island

Black-browed albatross

Black-browed albatross

Rockhopper Penguin

Striated caracara (juv)

Austral Thrush

Black-crowned night heron

SOUTH GEORGIA

Dragon's Teeth Rocks

 Royal Albatross

South Georgian Shag


Drygalsky Fjord - South Georgia

 

Cape petrel

Elsehul Bay - South Georgia

Fortuna Bay - South Georgia

King Penguins at Fortuna Bay

Below :   Gold Harbour - South Georgia

Right Whale Bay, South Georgia - below

King Penguins

Rosita Harbour  - South Georgia

Prion Island, South Georgia

Wandering Albaross

Wandering Albatrosses

Antarctic Fur seals

Wilsons Storm Petrel

Below - St Andrew's Bay, South Georgia at dawn

King Penguin with chick

100,000 King  Penguins - St Andrew's Bay, South Georgia

King penguin

SOUTH ORKNEYS

Massive icebergs in the Southern Ocean ....

Coronation Island - South Orkneys

Antarctic skua

Elephant seal

 Iceberg with red algae deposits

Crabeater seal

SOUTH SHETLANDS

Elephant Island

Where in 1916 Shackleton's crew of 22 men were marooned for 4 months awaiting rescue after their ship, The Endurance, had been trapped in the ice and later sank.

 Southern Fulmar

Deception Island - South Shetlands

Half Moon Island - South Shetlands

Chinstrap penguins

Elephant seal

Leopard Seal

Blue-eyed Shag

Antarctic tern

Livingstone Island - South Shetlands



GRAHAM LAND

Danco Island

South Polar Skua

Gentoo Penguin

The icebergs in Pleneau Bay, Graham Land

Crabeater Seals

Neumeyer Channel, Graham Land

Paradise Harbour, Graham Land

Peterman Island, Graham Land

Adelie Penguins

Crabeater Seals

Gentoo Penguin

Adelie Penguin

FAREWELL to the land of ice and snow ......!