Allen's Favorites

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1999Antarctica/010025 1999Antarctica/010023 1999Antarctica/020015

Bahia La Pataia national park. (End of the Pan American highway. Note the bottom line on the sign.)

Tierra del Fuego

Chilean Andes, seen from La Pataia.

Tierra del Fuego

Pack ice.

vicinity of Detaille Island

 

 

 

 

 

1999Antarctica/020022 1999Antarctica/020035 1999Antarctica/030016

Gentoo penguins.

Petermann Island

Adelie penguins.

Petermann Island

Roughing it; hot chocolate laced with Bailey's.

Lemaire Channel

 

 

 

 

 

1999Antarctica/030018 1999Antarctica/040021 1999Antarctica/040030

Lemaire Channel.

Adelie penguin.

Torgersen Island

Skua harrassing Adelies.

Torgersen Island

 

 

 

 

 

1999Antarctica/050030 1999Antarctica/060033 1999Antarctica/070010

One of those days when you just don't fit in. (Macaroni penguin among chinstrap penguins.)

Hannah Point

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

On the peak.

Paulet Island

 

 

 

 

 

1999Antarctica/080006 1999Antarctica/080016 1999Antarctica/080035

Approaching Point Wild.

Elephant Island

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

Adelie penguin.

Laurie Island

 

 

 

 

 

1999Antarctica/090016 1999Antarctica/100015 1999Antarctica/110017

Grytviken whaling station.

South Georgia Island

To the dear memory of Ernest Henry Shackleton, Explorer.

Grytviken

King penguins yearn to fly?

St. Andrews Bay

 

 

 

 

 

1999Antarctica/110022 1999Antarctica/120008 1999Antarctica/120024

I'm ready for my closeup, Mr. DeMille!

St. Andrews Bay

Macaroni penguin in the tussock grass.

Hercules Bay, South Georgia Island

Dinnertime.

Hercules Bay, South Georgia Island

 

 

 

 

 

1999Antarctica/130009 1999Antarctica/140016 1999Antarctica/140019

Stromness Bay.

South Georgia Island

Oakum Boy (King penguin chick hatched the previous year).

Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island

King penguins: the next generation.

Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island

 

 

 

 

 

1999Antarctica/140034 1999Antarctica/150008 1999Antarctica/150025

A curious duo follows Michelle and Allen for half an hour.

Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island

Wandering albatrosses prefer a room with a view.

Prion Island, South Georgia Island

Gamming (eventually to choose a mate).

Prion Island, South Georgia Island

 

 

 

 

 

1999Antarctica/160030

Treating an injured black-browed albatross.

At sea near the Falklands