Dawn at Ballito
I love the quiet of the beach before dawn. Before the sun rises, there are no throngs of people, no yelling, and the beach is washed clean by the high…
Paradise Bay
Well, it lived up to its name. Paradise Bay was an oasis of peace, out of reach of the howling winds in the Gerlache Strait. The Captain nosed our ship…
Fur Seals and Rainbows
A few weekends ago when I was home and the weather was dismal, we headed to Mount Maunganui to walk the base track. We arrived to rain, which cleared, then…
Gerlache Strait Killer Whales
As we left Port Lockroy, the wind grew. We had lunch while the gale battered the ship, ploughing through the Gerlache Strait towards the hopeful calm of Paradise Bay. Just…
I’d rather be exploring
I have a test today (and tomorrow)! Wish me luck. I'd rather be up there, at Giant's Castle in the Drakensberg. The sunrise-pink clouds were a non-event that morning, so…
Port Lockroy
Our morning at Port Lockroy dawned grey and windy, but it didn't deter us from bundling aboard the Zodiacs to visit the most southerly post office in the world! Port…
Photos from Kelly Tarlton’s
Last week I went to Kelly Tarlton's Sea Life Aquarium! I haven't been there for many years, and I hardly remember the time I visited as a child. Kelly Tarlton's…
Moonrise
This is a post I've been waiting to share since we got back. When I came to writing it, though, I found that I couldn't really find the words to…
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.…