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
Chilean Andes, seen from La Pataia.
Tierra del Fuego
Crabeater seal (I think).
Detaille Island
Abandoned British Antarctic Survey huts.
Detaille Island
Pack ice.
vicinity of Detaille Island
Gentoo penguins.
Petermann Island
Gentoo penguins, chicks feeding.
Petermann Island
Adelie penguins.
Petermann Island
Roughing it; hot chocolate laced with Bailey's.
Lemaire Channel
Lemaire Channel.
Ice.
Paradise Bay
Leopard seal.
Paradise Bay
Palmer Station, one of three permanent US bases in Antarctica.
Torgersen Island
Adelie penguin.
Torgersen Island
Pick up a stone from this pile...
Torgersen Island
...and move it over to this pile.
Torgersen Island
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
Cute chicks.
Hannah Point
Chinstrap penguin beach party.
Baily Head, Deception Island
Enormous chinstrap penguin colony.
Baily Head, Deception Island
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
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
Blue ice.
Iceberg Alley
Summer residents.
Iceberg Alley
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
Chinstrap penguin group on ice.
Elephant Island
Fur seal pup.
Laurie Island, South Orkneys
Adelie penguin.
Laurie Island
Adelie penguins tobogganing.
Laurie Island
Grytviken whaling station.
South Georgia Island
The flensing plan.
Grytviken
Chapel.
Grytviken
Inside the chapel.
Grytviken
Intrepid explorers.
Grytviken
Grytviken whaling station.
South Georgia Island
Guide to the Whaler's Cemetery.
Grytviken
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Flirting.
Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island
The place to see and be seen.
Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island
Seduction.
Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island
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
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
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
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
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
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
Whale-jaw arch and cathedral at Port Stanley.
Falkland Islands