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Bahia La Pataia national park.
(End of the Pan American highway. Note the bottom line on the sign.)
Tierra del Fuego
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Chilean Andes, seen from La Pataia.
Tierra del Fuego
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Pack ice.
vicinity of Detaille Island
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Gentoo penguins.
Petermann Island
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Adelie penguins.
Petermann Island
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Roughing it; hot chocolate laced with Bailey's.
Lemaire Channel
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Lemaire Channel.
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Adelie penguin.
Torgersen Island
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Skua harrassing Adelies.
Torgersen Island
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One of those days when you just don't fit in.
(Macaroni penguin among chinstrap penguins.)
Hannah Point
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Intrepid bathers in freezing waters on volcanically-heated sands.
(Yes, we were among them. I got out of the water to take the shot.)
Pendulum Cove, Deception Island
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On the peak.
Paulet Island
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Approaching Point Wild.
Elephant Island
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Point Wild. Bust of Chilean rescue-ship captain Louis
Pardo visible at the left; probably near the site of Shackleton's
expedition camp.
Elephant Island
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Adelie penguin.
Laurie Island
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Grytviken whaling station.
South Georgia Island
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To the dear memory of Ernest Henry Shackleton, Explorer.
Grytviken
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King penguins yearn to fly?
St. Andrews Bay
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I'm ready for my closeup, Mr. DeMille!
St. Andrews Bay
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Macaroni penguin in the tussock grass.
Hercules Bay, South Georgia Island
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Dinnertime.
Hercules Bay, South Georgia Island
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Stromness Bay.
South Georgia Island
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Oakum Boy (King penguin chick hatched the previous year).
Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island
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King penguins: the next generation.
Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island
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A curious duo follows Michelle and Allen for half an hour.
Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island
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Wandering albatrosses prefer a room with a view.
Prion Island, South Georgia Island
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Gamming (eventually to choose a mate).
Prion Island, South Georgia Island
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Treating an injured black-browed albatross.
At sea near the Falklands
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