Humpback whale in the Drake passage.
Humpback whale in the Drake passage.
Humpback whale in the Drake passage.
Sunset in the Drake passage.
Gentoo penguins in Aitcho Island.
Gentoos and crab eater seals in Aitcho Island.
Gentoo penguin in nest with two chicks. Aitcho Island.
Papa hanging out with the penguins. Aitcho Island.
Papa hanging out with the penguins. Aitcho Island.
Iceberg near Aitcho Island.
Iceberg near Aitcho Island.
Iceberg near Aitcho Island.
Iceberg near Aitcho Island.
Iceberg near Aitcho Island.
Iceberg near Aitcho Island.
Iceberg near Aitcho Island.
Iceberg near Aitcho Island.
Iceberg near Aitcho Island.
Tabular iceberg in the Erebus & Terror gulf.
Iceberg in the Erebus & Terror gulf.
Our good ship The Endeavour.
Iceberg in the Erebus & Terror gulf.
Iceberg in the Erebus & Terror gulf.
Tabular iceberg in the Erebus & Terror gulf.
Icebergs in the Erebus & Terror gulf.
Nordenskjold's hut, Snowhill Island.
View of the Endeavour from Snowhill Island.
View from Snowhill Island.
Me at the top of Snowhill Island.
Descending Snowhill Island.
Boarding one of the Zodiacs at Snowhill Island.
Icebergs in the Weddell Sea.
Icebergs in the Weddell Sea.
Icebergs in the Weddell Sea.
Iceberg in the Weddell Sea.
Detail of the previous one.
Icebergs in the Weddell Sea.
Icebergs in the Weddell Sea.
View of the Endeavour from Vega Island.
Adelie penguin in Brown Bluff.
Papa with some Adelies in Brown Bluff.
Clean Adelies coming back home after a swim.
Two Adelie chicks being fed.
Tabular iceberg near Paulet Island.
Icebergs near Paulet Island.
Icebergs near Paulet Island.
Rebecca in Paulet Island.
Our ship from Paulet Island.
Adelies in Paulet Island.
Adelie penguin, Paulet Island.
Adelies on an iceberg near Paulet Island.
Adelies on an iceberg near Paulet Island.
Fur seal near Paulet Island.
Icebergs between Paulet & Deception Island.
Icebergs between Paulet & Deception Island.
Icebergs between Paulet & Deception Island.
Icebergs between Paulet & Deception Island.
Icebergs between Paulet & Deception Island.
Endeavour sailing through iceberg-infested waters in the fog.
Chinstrap penguin in Baily Head (Deception Island).
Chinstrap penguin in Baily Head (Deception Island).
Skua, Baily Head (Deception Island).
Sheathbill in Baily Head (Deception Island).
Very "muddy" chinstrap chicks.
Adult chinstrap feeding a chick.
Crater in Deception Island.
Blue berg in Telefon bay.
Blue berg in Telefon bay.
Unidentified glacier terminus in Gerlache Strait.
Kayaking in Peterman Island.
From the kayak one could get pretty close...
I dumped about half a roll of film on this thing. I've seen thousands of icebergs and this one still remains the most incredible one. The hole would have been large enough to sail the ship through it.
Luckily we got plenty of chances to take a decent picture of it, since we saw it both going in to Aitcho Island, as well as coming back out. The captain was nice enough to sail around it for us.
What else can I say? It's the most beautiful piece of ice I've ever seen.
The magic light around midnight made for a fantastic display of colours.
Usually there was nobody on deck at this time.
This hut was constructed in the very early 1900 by the Nordenskjold group. Explorers overwintered here then.
Notice the strange drag-marks.
This was evidently turned over and shows very even dragmarks.
The red stuff in the background is seaweed.
Parent & child. The fluffier one is the youngster, without waterproof feathers yet.
This one is keeping a baby warm in its nest, made out of rocks.
YUUUMY!! Regurgitated krill again!
The ice comes in just about all textures.
The penguins were totally unconcerned by the fact that she was there.
This large colony had ca. 250,000 birds.
We took a short trip in one of the Zodiacs during our Paulet Island landing.
One of them can be seen jumping in the water.
Late in the day it got foggy and the icebergs took a sinister air...
Late in the day it got foggy and the icebergs took a sinister air...
Fluffy youngster on the left.
If the military made seagulls, this would be it. These guys love to eat little penguins, especially the cute tender fluffy baby ones.
These guys help keep the colony cleaner.
They don't have their waterproof feathers yet, so they cannot take a bath.
Ice comes in colours from white to midnight blue. The colour depends in part from the pressure that the ice has been subjected to. More pressure = less air = darker blue.
Ice comes in colours from white to midnight blue. The colour depends in part from the pressure that the ice has been subjected to. More pressure = less air = darker blue.
Until now, I did not know places could be so beautiful.
Glaciers, fog, rocks, shafts of sunlight, all put together in a magnificent display that almost no-one ever sees. I am extremely lucky.
I cannot describe this very well with words. It is probably the most beautiful place I've ever been to.
