Just into Ushuaia from our first Zegrahm Expeditions trip to Antarctica, South Georgia and the Falklands. Internet is fairly slow on the ship, so unfortunately I have been unable to post regular updates on here. However, we had a great trip, although one of the toughest I have had. I'm not going into details here, but we made the best of the situation we found ourselves in, albeit with a slightly adjusted schedule. As always with Zegrahm we had a fantastic team onboard.
Overall the weather was pretty kind to us, with a windy but fine day on the Falklands (Carcass and Saunders Islands), then close to three days on South Georgia, and three days on the Antarctic Peninsula. Probably the highlight of the entire trip for me was locating three lunge-feeding humpback whales, and with enough time we were able to get everyone out in the zodiacs to see them and had the whales at times surfacing and lunging at the surface right beside the zodiacs... It's all very well keeping your distance from the wildlife, but when they come to you, wow!
Below are a few of the 'highlight' photos. I have posted a whole bunch more on my
Eco-Vista facebook page, so take a look there.
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| Lamb, beautiful lamb! |
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| Black-faced ibis |
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| Male kelp goose taking off |
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| Life is so boring as a dolphin gull! |
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| Fuegian storm-petrel |
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| Tussock bird |
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| Crested duck |
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| The beach on Saunders Island |
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| Sunset leaving the Falklands |
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| Black-browed albatross |
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| Southern giant petrel taking a closer look |
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| Antarctic prion |
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| Beautiful light-mantled sooty albatross |
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| Mr Macaroni |
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| Black-browed taking off |
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| Antarctic fur seal pup |
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| South Georgia pipit |
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| Black-bellied storm-petrel against the waves |
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| Reindeer on South Georgia |
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| Curiosity |
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| Gold Harbour king penguins |
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| Giant petrel against the rock |
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| King penguin stretching |
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| Playing in the surf |
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| Adelie having a stretch |
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| Big yawn |
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| Full frontal |
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| Cape petrel |
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| Gorgeous snow petrel at the nest |
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| Antarctic tern in a spin |
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| Porpoising Adelie |
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| All three species - Adelie, gentoo, and chinstrap |
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| Spot the dog |
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| Lunge-feeding humpbacks |
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| Against a berg |
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| Spectacular |
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| Filling the mouth |
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| With a 400mm coming right at us |
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| Blue-eyed shag |
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| Smile! |
Wow some amazing photos so jealous. One day.....
ReplyDeleteCool photos, Brent, as usual, especially those of the penguins! :) Dot
ReplyDeleteFalkland sunset is very beautiful ! and nice lamb.Blue-eyed shag is funny.and Macaroni, King,adelie and gentoo penguin
ReplyDeletewere all really lovable. you are a expert photographer. Tokiko said.
Thanks guys, glad you enjoyed the images!
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