With visions of penguins and icebergs in our heads.

A side trip from Buenos Aires to one of the world’s natural wonders

After a hazy morning with wind, snow and sleet, we arrived in the afternoon to clear skies and a way onto land. A small miracle.

So many more pictures to share! Watch this space. 😊

When I look at my pictures of penguins en masse they seem all the same, but when I’m out there, every single penguin seems different from all the others and I can’t help but take picture after picture. Some walk slowly, others scamper or hop. They interact with each other, and with us, in all kinds of ways. They’re just wondering.

Views from breakfast

A place of great significance in the history of Antarctic exploration. After their ship was crushed by ice Ernest Shackleton and his crew set up camp on this island. Map gives some facts about Shackleton’s expedition. “Endurance”, the history of this journey, gives details of the journey three months members of the crew spent waiting for Shackleton to return with a rescue party, and also of Shackleton’s crossing to South Georgia Island in a small uncovered boat. Being here now it’s impossible to imagine how they all survived. All we have to deal with is some fog.

The beautiful blue ice is super compacted

This one is five miles wide. Roughly 90% of it is below the surface.

Gives you an idea of the scale of the operation. They were able to “process” (sic) 30 whales a day. Hundreds of thousands of whales were killed, almost depleting the population, which is only now recovering.

So many King penguins!

I am adding photos here that I couldn’t post on WordPress while at sea, for my non- Facebook using friends