Snow Petrels – Angels of Antarctica
This day was probably my favourite, and it just kept getting better! After starting the day with cute seals, Detaille Island, exploring Base W and whale-watching (and all that before lunch!),…
Why fungi are great photographic subjects
The beginning of Autumn brings cold winds, rain, frost, and fungi. Little mushrooms and toadstools start popping up all over the place, adding little splashes of colour to the forest…
Humpback Whales Bubble Netting
From Antarctic history to animal behaviour! This was really exciting - seeing two Humpback Whales bubble netting. But what is bubble netting? Humpback Whales are baleen whales, which means that…
365 Favourites – January
I thought I'd share a few of my favourite photos from my current 365 project that I've been posting over on my tumblr. It's been a little difficult to keep…
Inside Base W
After all the wildlife and landscape photos, this post will be a little different. Base W, which I have mentioned before in a few blogs, is a British Scientific Base…
July Update
Hi everyone! I hope you've been enjoying the blogs. I've just returned from South Africa, and while it was primarily a family trip, we managed to squeeze in a healthy…
Detaille Island
Detaille Island was the furthest south that we landed. I wrote a little about it during the teaser blogs , and I will do another post inside Base W next week.…
Black Stilts – Kakī
One of our main goals while we were staying in Tekapo was to find and photograph Black Stilts - Kaki. They were once one of the most endangered bird species…
Seal-spotting
I said before that cruising around in a zodiac is a great way to see wildlife, so today I'll share a few photos from our cruise around Detaille Island. Yes,…
Autumn
Autumn. I love autumn. The turning of the leaves, the bite of polar winds sneaking up from the south. Autumn is best experienced on long dog walks in the forest,…
The Happiest Seal
Just look at that contented face. I've never seen a seal as happy as this one! We saw four types of seal while in Antarctica - Weddell, Crabeater, Fur, and…
Leaf Skeletons
Something that inspires me is the very temporary nature of everything. I also have a fondness for delicate, ephemeral things. So the small collection of skeletonised leaves that Mum has became…
Antarctic Shags – Blue-eyed beauties
The next in a series of "It's not just penguins" blogs! (Remember the Skuas? They'll get another blog post no doubt, they're so gorgeous). Antarctic Shags go by a number…
Tekapo Textures
What's most interesting about a landscape when you are in it? For me, it's all the little details, the textures that don't necessarily get picked up when you make a…
Antarctica – Snapshots
I thought we'd take a break from the more focused blogs this week. To say I took a lot of photographs in Antarctica is an understatement. For an experience like…