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1999Antarctica/010001 1999Antarctica/010018 1999Antarctica/010025

Presidential palace.

Santiago de Chile

Beagle Channel.

Tierra del Fuego

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

Crabeater seal (I think).

Detaille Island

Abandoned British Antarctic Survey huts.

Detaille Island

 

 

 

 

 

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Pack ice.

vicinity of Detaille Island

Gentoo penguins.

Petermann Island

Gentoo penguins, chicks feeding.

Petermann Island

 

 

 

 

 

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Adelie penguins.

Petermann Island

Roughing it; hot chocolate laced with Bailey's.

Lemaire Channel

Lemaire Channel.

 

 

 

 

 

1999Antarctica/040009 1999Antarctica/040013 1999Antarctica/040033

Ice.

Paradise Bay

Leopard seal.

Paradise Bay

Palmer Station, one of three permanent US bases in Antarctica.

Torgersen Island

 

 

 

 

 

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Adelie penguin.

Torgersen Island

Pick up a stone from this pile...

Torgersen Island

...and move it over to this pile.

Torgersen Island

 

 

 

 

 

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Adelie chick lunchtime.

Torgersen Island

Skua harrassing Adelies.

Torgersen Island

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

Hannah Point

 

 

 

 

 

1999Antarctica/060003 1999Antarctica/060005 1999Antarctica/060020

Cute chicks.

Hannah Point

Chinstrap penguin beach party.

Baily Head, Deception Island

Enormous chinstrap penguin colony.

Baily Head, Deception Island

 

 

 

 

 

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Chinstrap penguin returning to its nest after feeding.

Baily Head, Deception Island

Chinstrap penguin in ecstatic display.

Baily Head, Deception Island

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

On the peak.

Paulet Island

Adelie penguin colony.

Paulet Island

 

 

 

 

 

1999Antarctica/070037 1999Antarctica/080005 1999Antarctica/080006

Blue ice.

Iceberg Alley

Summer residents.

Iceberg Alley

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

Chinstrap penguin group on ice.

Elephant Island

Fur seal pup.

Laurie Island, South Orkneys

 

 

 

 

 

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Adelie penguin.

Laurie Island

Adelie penguins tobogganing.

Laurie Island

Grytviken whaling station.

South Georgia Island

 

 

 

 

 

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The flensing plan.

Grytviken

Chapel.

Grytviken

Inside the chapel.

Grytviken

 

 

 

 

 

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Intrepid explorers.

Grytviken

Grytviken whaling station.

South Georgia Island

Guide to the Whaler's Cemetery.

Grytviken

 

 

 

 

 

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To the dear memory of Ernest Henry Shackleton, Explorer.

Grytviken

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

King penguin barbershop quartet?

St. Andrews Bay, South Georgia Island

 

 

 

 

 

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King penguins.

St. Andrews Bay, South Georgia Island

Michelle with king penguins.

St. Andrews Bay, South Georgia Island

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

King penguin colony.

St. Andrews Bay, South Georgia Island

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

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

St. Andrews Bay

Penguins at the end of the rainbow.

St. Andrews Bay

 

 

 

 

 

1999Antarctica/110035 1999Antarctica/120008 1999Antarctica/120019

King penguin crowd.

St. Andrews Bay, South Georgia Island

Macaroni penguin in the tussock grass.

Hercules Bay, South Georgia Island

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

Dinnertime.

Hercules Bay, South Georgia Island

Macaroni chick creche.

Hercules Bay, South Georgia Island

 

 

 

 

 

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Fur seal in the grass.

Hercules Bay, South Georgia Island

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

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

Stromness Bay.

South Georgia Island

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

Manager's villa at Stromness whaling station, where Shackleton and companions finally found aid.

Stromness Bay, South Georgia Island

Glacier at Salisbury Plain.

Bay of Isles, South Georgia Island

 

 

 

 

 

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Environs of Salisbury Plain.

Bay of Isles, South Georgia Island

Environs of Salisbury Plain.

Bay of Isles, South Georgia Island

Glaciers at Salisbury Plain.

Bay of Isles, South Georgia Island

 

 

 

 

 

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King penguin cooling off.

Salisbury Plain, 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

 

 

 

 

 

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Flirting.

Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island

The place to see and be seen.

Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island

Seduction.

Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island

 

 

 

 

 

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A King penguin deserving of the name.

Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island

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

Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island

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

Wandering albatrosses prefer a room with a view.

Prion Island, South Georgia Island

Curious resident.

Prion Island, South Georgia Island

 

 

 

 

 

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Tending the nest.

Prion Island, South Georgia Island

In flight.

Prion Island, South Georgia Island

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

Does he have what it takes? (Sky pointing)

Prion Island, South Georgia Island

One suitor gives up.

Prion Island, South Georgia Island

 

 

 

 

 

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Fur seals in the grass.

Prion Island, South Georgia Island

Magellanic penguins.

Sea Lion Island, Falkland Islands

Striated cara-cara.

Sea Lion Island, Falkland Islands

 

 

 

 

 

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Explorers in the tussock.

Sea Lion Island, Falkland Islands

Alpha male sea lion with harem.

Sea Lion Island, Falkland Islands

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