Penguin "highway", Peterman Island.
Papa on one of the penguin roads during non-rush hour.
Water end of one of the penguin "roads".
Peterman Island. The perfect temperature.
Gentoo chicks basking on a hot summer day.
Gentoo chicks basking on a hot summer day.
Adelie penguin, Peterman Island.
Papa somewhere in the Antarctic Peninsula.
Papa and me enjoying the weather and the view.
Crossign the Antarctic Circle, headed south.
Sea ice near 67 degrees South.
Penguins on the pack ice.
Sailing through the pack ice.
We park into the fast ice. It is like a winter wonderland!
Papa going for a walk on the fast ice.
We find a crab-eater seal loitering in the fast ice.
The crab-eater seal yawning and stretching as humans interrupted its nap.
The crab-eater seal yawning and stretching as humans interrupted its nap.
The crab-eater seal yawning and stretching as humans interrupted its nap.
The Endeavour parked in the fast ice.
The Endeavour's business end.
Me loitering in the fast ice.
Me with part of the Endeavour crew.
Fast ice and Shumskiy Cove view from the ship.
Skua aproaching Adelie chicks.
Penguins in front of Port Lockroy station (one of the BAS stations).
Baby Adelie in Port Lockroy.
Pengiun chicks on a hot summer day.
Rebecca and lucky passenger kayaking in Port Lockroy.
Two skuas doing what they do best...
Zodiac and whale in Paradise Bay.
Penguins on berg in Paradise Bay.
Seal basking on a mini-floe.
Enormous berg. See next picture for size comparison.
Enormous berg, Paradise Bay.
Humans photographing seals in Paradise Bay.
My favourite antarctic animal, the reptilian-looking Leopard Seal.
The National Geographic group.
Sharon and Papa in a trail near Punta Arenas.
Our ho(s)tel in Cerro Castillo.
View of a lake in Torres del Paine.
Andean Condors thermalling.
View of the Paine massif.
Sharon in a short hiking trail that we did with Papa.
View of the Paine massif.
View of the Paine massif.
View of the Torres (right of the snowcap) from outside the park.
Glaciar Perito Moreno in the distance.
Close-up of Glaciar Perito Moreno.
Patagonia's great expanses.
On the road to El Chalten.
On the road to El Chalten.
Sharon on the hiking trail to Cerro Fitzroy.
Close up of Cerro Fitzroy from the Lago de las 3 Marias.
Sharon and I by the Lago de las 3 Marias.
Sharon escaping the wind.
The view from another hiking trail into the park just south of El Chalten.
A pebble beach back in Torres del Paine.
Sharon and Papa looking at the rocks.
View of the Paine massif across the lake. It was quite windy and cold.
We hiked to Glaciar Grey. Sharon is holding a piece of it.
Near the terminus of Glaciar Grey.
Sharon and I by Glaciar Grey.
To go from their nesting place to the water, these Gentoos always took the same path, which compressed the snow/ice and created these "roads". An incredible traffic jam usually formed at the water end.
To go from their nesting place to the water, these Gentoos always took the same path, which compressed the snow/ice and created these "roads". An incredible traffic jam usually formed at the water end.
Ok, so maybe Papa was not enjoying the weather, but I loved it.
Foto by Rebecca.
It was warm enough not to need the big red parka.
Foto by Rebecca.
We sailed into Shumskiy Cove, at 67 south, and parked against the fast ice.
He visibly approves what is going on.
It never appeared concerned at our presence.
Perhaps subconsciously imitating the seal.
More delicious regurgitated krill.
There was another skua to the right but I couldn't make it fit into the frame. They stalked the chicks for a while but didn't attack any of them while we were there.
...eating baby penguins. Well, or fighting over the carcass in this particular case.
Notice the amphiteatre indention.
This is the same berg from the previous picture. I have highlighted a circle on the left where a Zodiac can be seen. This gives an idea of the relative size of the berg, that of a very large building. Keep in mind that 90% is underwater.
And I was photographing both of them.
This thing is second only to the Orca in the food chain in this neighbourhood.
Probably been fighting. They look so cuddly, and can kill you if they really want to.
Papa and I are near the center, front.
It was so windy that at times we had to duck down to keep the wind from knocking us over.
Ideal access to Torres del Paine, and very modest price. The bikes outside were rentals that some French guys had picked up in Santiago. They were, of course, headed for Ushuaia. One of them was an XT-600.
These relatives of the Llama and the Alpaca were hunted to near extinction. They have since recovered, particularly in the area of the park.
These relatives of the Llama and the Alpaca were hunted to near extinction. They have since recovered, particularly in the area of the park.
It was a wonderful hike to get up there.
This was a very impressive sight. The chunks of ice that constantly fell off into the water were the size of buildings.
The view from up here was absolutely incredible. Worth the excruciating hike.
It was very windy and cold here. Often times we had to lay on the ground to avoid being swept off the rocks by the wind.
The pebbles came in basically all colours.
