We went to Antarctica on a small ship, the Polar Pioneer. Russian crew, Australian leaders, just 53 passengers, lots of landings. Run by Aurora Expeditions, based in Sydney. I've been looking forward to such a trip for about 70 years and it was worth the wait. The 17-day trip included South Georgia too – that's a separate gallery of pictures.

There are nine galleries here. The slideshow is a selection from the whole set. Click on one of the images in the slideshow or on one of the nine headers below to see more pictures from the same gallery.