Porthole Photographs
Having a new view out your window every day is exhilarating. Here's the Antarctica trip - in photographs taken through the porthole in our cabin! Most of these photographs are…
One last look at Antarctica
I nearly didn't write this post, tempted to leave it with Danco Island. I couldn't resist sharing more whale photos though! As we headed out into the Drake passage from…
Danco Island
I think by now it's obvious that I'm in love with Antarctica. The time we spent there was like a dream, but also so raw and real that not a…
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…
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…
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…
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!),…
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…
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…
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.…
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,…
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…
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…
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…