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Presidential palace.
Santiago de Chile
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Beagle Channel.
Tierra del Fuego
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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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Crabeater seal (I think).
Detaille Island
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Abandoned British Antarctic Survey huts.
Detaille Island
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Pack ice.
vicinity of Detaille Island
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Gentoo penguins.
Petermann Island
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Gentoo penguins, chicks feeding.
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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Ice.
Paradise Bay
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Leopard seal.
Paradise Bay
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Palmer Station, one of three permanent US bases in Antarctica.
Torgersen Island
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Adelie penguin.
Torgersen Island
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Pick up a stone from this pile...
Torgersen Island
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...and move it over to this pile.
Torgersen Island
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Adelie chick lunchtime.
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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Cute chicks.
Hannah Point
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Chinstrap penguin beach party.
Baily Head, Deception Island
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Enormous chinstrap penguin colony.
Baily Head, Deception Island
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Chinstrap penguin returning to its nest after feeding.
Baily Head, Deception Island
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Chinstrap penguin in ecstatic display.
Baily Head, Deception Island
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Penguin Superhighway.
Baily Head, Deception Island
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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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Adelie penguin colony.
Paulet Island
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Blue ice.
Iceberg Alley
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Summer residents.
Iceberg Alley
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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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Chinstrap penguin group on ice.
Elephant Island
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Fur seal pup.
Laurie Island, South Orkneys
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Adelie penguin.
Laurie Island
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Adelie penguins tobogganing.
Laurie Island
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Grytviken whaling station.
South Georgia Island
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The flensing plan.
Grytviken
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Chapel.
Grytviken
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Inside the chapel.
Grytviken
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Intrepid explorers.
Grytviken
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Grytviken whaling station.
South Georgia Island
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Guide to the Whaler's Cemetery.
Grytviken
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To the dear memory of Ernest Henry Shackleton, Explorer.
Grytviken
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Reverse of Shackleton's monument:
I ho[l]d that a man should strive to the uttermost for
his life's set prize. Robert Browning.
Grytviken
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King penguin barbershop quartet?
St. Andrews Bay, South Georgia Island
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King penguins.
St. Andrews Bay, South Georgia Island
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Michelle with king penguins.
St. Andrews Bay, South Georgia Island
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Reindeer imported by whalers.
Perhaps Santa Claus has moved to South Georgia Island, too?
St. Andrews Bay, South Georgia Island
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King penguin duo.
St. Andrews Bay
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King penguin colony.
St. Andrews Bay, South Georgia Island
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You're probably wondering why I've called you here...
St. Andrews Bay
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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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Penguins at the end of the rainbow.
St. Andrews Bay
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King penguin crowd.
St. Andrews Bay, South Georgia Island
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Macaroni penguin in the tussock grass.
Hercules Bay, South Georgia Island
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Macaroni penguin and chicks.
Hercules Bay, South Georgia Island
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Macaroni penguin colony in the tussock grass.
Hercules Bay, South Georgia Island
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Dinnertime.
Hercules Bay, South Georgia Island
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Macaroni chick creche.
Hercules Bay, South Georgia Island
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Fur seal in the grass.
Hercules Bay, South Georgia Island
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Following in Shackleton's footsteps from Fortuna Bay to Stromness
whaling station. (Lake in the background is mentioned in
Shackleton's account.)
South Georgia Island
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Central South Georgia Island, seen from Shackleton's path.
South Georgia Island
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Along Shackleton's path, heading down to Stromness.
South Georgia Island
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Stromness Bay.
South Georgia Island
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Shackleton, Worsley, and Crean climbed down this fall in winter,
occasionally submerging in the icy water.
Stromness Bay, South Georgia Island
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Marker at Stromness station manager's villa.
Stromness Bay, South Georgia Island
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Manager's villa at Stromness whaling station, where Shackleton
and companions finally found aid.
Stromness Bay, South Georgia Island
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Glacier at Salisbury Plain.
Bay of Isles, South Georgia Island
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Environs of Salisbury Plain.
Bay of Isles, South Georgia Island
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Environs of Salisbury Plain.
Bay of Isles, South Georgia Island
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Glaciers at Salisbury Plain.
Bay of Isles, South Georgia Island
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King penguin cooling off.
Salisbury Plain, 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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Flirting.
Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island
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The place to see and be seen.
Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island
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Seduction.
Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island
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A King penguin deserving of the name.
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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A day at the beach.
Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island
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King penguin returning from the sea.
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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Curious resident.
Prion Island, South Georgia Island
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Tending the nest.
Prion Island, South Georgia Island
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In flight.
Prion Island, South Georgia Island
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Waiting for parents to return.
Prion Island, South Georgia Island
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Gamming (eventually to choose a mate).
Prion Island, South Georgia Island
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Does he have what it takes? (Sky pointing)
Prion Island, South Georgia Island
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One suitor gives up.
Prion Island, South Georgia Island
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Fur seals in the grass.
Prion Island, South Georgia Island
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Magellanic penguins.
Sea Lion Island, Falkland Islands
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Striated cara-cara.
Sea Lion Island, Falkland Islands
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Explorers in the tussock.
Sea Lion Island, Falkland Islands
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Alpha male sea lion with harem.
Sea Lion Island, Falkland Islands
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Treating an injured black-browed albatross.
At sea near the Falklands
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Whale-jaw arch and cathedral at Port Stanley.
Falkland Islands
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