Elsehul Bay
Northern Giant Petrel, adult |
Wandering Albatross, probably adult female |
Biosecurity - boot washing |
South Georgia Shags on Shag Rocks |
Shag Rocks |
Northern Giant Petrel, probably adult |
Northern Giant Petrel, aged adult |
South Georgia Shag |
Wandering Albatross, probably older adult male, breeding |
Wandering Albatross, probably older adult male, breeding |
Zodiac cruising, Elsehul Bay |
Juvenile King Penguin |
Bed of bull kelp |
Macaroni Penguins |
Cruising in the mist |
Albatross nesting grounds |
Minerva in the mist |
Giant seaweed |
Gentoo Penguins and Antarctic Fur Seals |
Antarctic Fur Seal |
Gentoo and King Penguin colonies |
Gentoos and bull Fur Seal |
Northern Giant Petrel |
Northern Giant Petrel |
Northern Giant Petrel, fresh from feeding on seal pup |
Bull Fur Seal |
King Penguins surrounded by Fur Seals |
Gentoos looking lost |
King Penguins ignoring the commotion |
Return to Minerva |
Santa and his elf arrive... |
...a long way from the North Pole |
The Captain asks Santa for a gift |
Santa's elf, aka Russ |
Santa gets a kiss from Lisa |
"I've been good all year, really" |
Our first iceberg |
Leaving Elsehul Bay |
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