South Georgia

  • First Iceberg of the Trip
    First Iceberg of the Trip
    Scotia Sea, Falkland Islands to South Georgia, January 5, 2009
    2009-01-05#0002
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Second Iceberg of the Trip
    Second Iceberg of the Trip
    Scotia Sea, Falkland Islands to South Georgia, January 5, 2009
    2009-01-05#0008
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Third Iceberg of the Trip
    Third Iceberg of the Trip
    Scotia Sea, Falkland Islands to South Georgia, January 5, 2009
    2009-01-05#0014
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Antarctic Fur Seal
    Antarctic Fur Seal
    Arctocephalus gazella
    Right Whale Bay, South Georgia, January 5, 2009
    2009-01-05#0016
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Antarctic Fur Seals
    Antarctic Fur Seals
    Arctocephalus gazella - four juveniles & an adult.
    Right Whale Bay, South Georgia, January 5, 2009
    2009-01-05#0018
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Antarctic Fur Seal, male
    Antarctic Fur Seal, male
    Arctocephalus gazella
    Right Whale Bay, South Georgia, January 5, 2009
    2009-01-05#0001
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Antarctic Fur Seal, male
    Antarctic Fur Seal, male
    Arctocephalus gazella
    Right Whale Bay, South Georgia, January 5, 2009
    2009-01-05#0003
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Antarctic Fur Seal, juveniles
    Antarctic Fur Seal, juveniles
    Arctocephalus gazella
    Right Whale Bay, South Georgia, January 5, 2009
    2009-01-05#0007
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Northern Giant Petrels
    Northern Giant Petrels
    Macronectes halli - one of the two species of Giant Petrels in the islands.
    Right Whale Bay, South Georgia, January 5, 2009
    2009-01-05#0009
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Southern Giant Petrel
    Southern Giant Petrel
    Macronectes giganteus
    Right Whale Bay, South Georgia, January 5, 2009
    2009-01-05#0011
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Antarctic Fur Seal, female
    Antarctic Fur Seal, female
    Arctocephalus gazella
    Right Whale Bay, South Georgia, January 5, 2009
    2009-01-05#0019
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Antarctic Fur Seals
    Antarctic Fur Seals
    Arctocephalus gazella - male with harem & juveniles.
    Right Whale Bay, South Georgia, January 5, 2009
    2009-01-05#0021
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Antarctic Fur Seal, juveniles
    Antarctic Fur Seal, juveniles
    Arctocephalus gazella
    Right Whale Bay, South Georgia, January 5, 2009
    2009-01-05#0023
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Antarctic Fur Seals
    Antarctic Fur Seals
    Arctocephalus gazella - female & juveniles.
    Right Whale Bay, South Georgia, January 5, 2009
    2009-01-05#0025
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Antarctic Fur Seal, juvenile
    Antarctic Fur Seal, juvenile
    Arctocephalus gazella
    Right Whale Bay, South Georgia, January 5, 2009
    2009-01-05#0028
    Larry L. Jackson
  • King Penguins
    King Penguins
    Aptenodytes patagonicus
    Right Whale Bay, South Georgia, January 5, 2009
    2009-01-05#0039
    Larry L. Jackson
  • King Penguins
    King Penguins
    Aptenodytes patagonicus - unlucky individual that will probably not survive.
    Right Whale Bay, South Georgia, January 5, 2009
    2009-01-05#0058
    Larry L. Jackson
  • King Penguins & Polar Star
    King Penguins & Polar Star
    Aptenodytes patagonicus
    Right Whale Bay, South Georgia, January 5, 2009
    2009-01-05#0060
    Larry L. Jackson
  • King Penguin
    King Penguin
    Aptenodytes patagonicus
    Right Whale Bay, South Georgia, January 5, 2009
    2009-01-05#0062
    Larry L. Jackson
  • King Penguins
    King Penguins
    Aptenodytes patagonicus - many of the penguins were molting.
    Right Whale Bay, South Georgia, January 5, 2009
    2009-01-05#0022
    Larry L. Jackson
  • King Penguins
    King Penguins
    Aptenodytes patagonicus - several in significant molt.
    Right Whale Bay, South Georgia, January 5, 2009
    2009-01-05#0064
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Brown Skua, scavenging
    Brown Skua, scavenging
    Stercorarius antarcticus lonnbergi
    Right Whale Bay, South Georgia, January 5, 2009
    2009-01-05#0066
    Larry L. Jackson
  • King Penguin
    King Penguin
    Aptenodytes patagonicus
    Right Whale Bay, South Georgia, January 5, 2009
    2009-01-05#0093
    Larry L. Jackson
  • King Penguins
    King Penguins
    Aptenodytes patagonicus - revealing the long neck.
    Right Whale Bay, South Georgia, January 5, 2009
    2009-01-05#0107
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Chinstrap Penguin
    Chinstrap Penguin
    Pygoscelis antarctica - there is usually another species mixed in with the big gatherings.
    Right Whale Bay, South Georgia, January 5, 2009
    2009-01-05#0116
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Southern Elephant Seal, juvenile
    Southern Elephant Seal, juvenile
    Mirounga leonina
    Right Whale Bay, South Georgia, January 5, 2009
    2009-01-05#0120
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Southern Elephant Seal, juveniles
    Southern Elephant Seal, juveniles
    Mirounga leonina
    Right Whale Bay, South Georgia, January 5, 2009
    2009-01-05#0123
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Antarctic Fur Seal, males
    Antarctic Fur Seal, males
    Arctocephalus gazella
    Fortuna Bay, South Georgia, January 6, 2009
    2009-01-06#0003
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Antarctic Fur Seal, juveniles
    Antarctic Fur Seal, juveniles
    Arctocephalus gazella
    Fortuna Bay, South Georgia, January 6, 2009
    2009-01-06#0006
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Antarctic Fur Seals
    Antarctic Fur Seals
    Arctocephalus gazella
    Fortuna Bay, South Georgia, January 6, 2009
    2009-01-06#0004
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Southern Elephant Seal, juveniles
    Southern Elephant Seal, juveniles
    Mirounga leonina
    Fortuna Bay, South Georgia, January 6, 2009
    2009-01-06#0012
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Light-mantled Sooty Albatross
    Light-mantled Sooty Albatross
    Phobetria palpebrata
    Fortuna Bay, South Georgia, January 6, 2009
    2009-01-06#0024
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Waterfall
    Waterfall
    Fortuna Bay, South Georgia, January 6, 2009
    2009-01-06#0005
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Reasearch Vessel 'Seal'
    Reasearch Vessel 'Seal'
    Durham, New Hampshire is the home port.
    Fortuna Bay, South Georgia, January 6, 2009
    2009-01-06#0031
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Polar Star
    Polar Star
    Fortuna Bay, South Georgia, January 6, 2009
    2009-01-06#0007
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Antarctic Fur Seal, male
    Antarctic Fur Seal, male
    Arctocephalus gazella
    Fortuna Bay, South Georgia, January 6, 2009
    2009-01-06#0042
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Antarctic Fur Seal, leucistic male
    Antarctic Fur Seal, leucistic male
    Arctocephalus gazella - lacking black pigment, but not an albino.
    Fortuna Bay, South Georgia, January 6, 2009
    2009-01-06#0048
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Antarctic Fur Seal, leucistic male
    Antarctic Fur Seal, leucistic male
    Arctocephalus gazella
    Fortuna Bay, South Georgia, January 6, 2009
    2009-01-06#0049
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Reindeer
    Reindeer
    Rangifer tarandus - introduced to supply meat to the whaling stations.
    Fortuna Bay, South Georgia, January 6, 2009
    2009-01-06#0056
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Reindeer
    Reindeer
    Rangifer tarandus - completely removed to restore natural environment.
    Fortuna Bay, South Georgia, January 6, 2009
    2009-01-06#0077
    Larry L. Jackson
  • King Penguin, juvenile
    King Penguin, juvenile
    Aptenodytes patagonicus - losing juvenile plumage.
    Fortuna Bay, South Georgia, January 6, 2009
    2009-01-06#0074
    Larry L. Jackson
  • King Penguin
    King Penguin
    Aptenodytes patagonicus
    Fortuna Bay, South Georgia, January 6, 2009
    2009-01-06#0092
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Antarctic Fur Seal, leucistic male
    Antarctic Fur Seal, leucistic male
    Arctocephalus gazella
    Fortuna Bay, South Georgia, January 6, 2009
    2009-01-06#0098
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Antarctic Fur Seal, leucistic
    Antarctic Fur Seal, leucistic
    Arctocephalus gazella
    Fortuna Bay, South Georgia, January 6, 2009
    2009-01-06#0103
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Antarctic Fur Seal, juveniles
    Antarctic Fur Seal, juveniles
    Arctocephalus gazella - leucistic & normal.
    Fortuna Bay, South Georgia, January 6, 2009
    2009-01-06#0110
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Zodiacs
    Zodiacs
    Polar Star, Fortuna Bay, South Georgia, January 6, 2009
    2009-01-06#0119
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Shackleton Walk
    Shackleton Walk
    Shackleton's small skiff landed in this bay requiring them to walk across the snow-covered mountains to Stromness.
    Fortuna Bay, South Georgia, January 6, 2009
    2009-01-06#0127
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Konig Glacier
    Konig Glacier
    Fortuna Bay, South Georgia, January 6, 2009
    2009-01-06#0128
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Leith
    Leith
    Seen at distance as we cruised to Stromness.
    Stromness Bay, South Georgia, January 6, 2009
    2009-01-06#0013
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Leith
    Leith
    Because of asbestos & other dangers, visiting the whaling station is prohibited.
    Stromness Bay, South Georgia, January 6, 2009
    2009-01-06#0137
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Stromness Buildings
    Stromness Buildings
    No landings allowed due to asbestos & other dangers, particularly during high wind conditions.
    Stromness Harbour, South Georgia, January 6, 2009
    2009-01-06#0152
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Stromness Dock
    Stromness Dock
    Stromness Harbour, South Georgia, January 6, 2009
    2009-01-06#0155
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Stromness Buildings
    Stromness Buildings
    Elephant Seals on the beach.
    Stromness Harbour, South Georgia, January 6, 2009
    2009-01-06#0156
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Stromness Buildings
    Stromness Buildings
    Stromness Harbour, South Georgia, January 6, 2009
    2009-01-06#0163
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Stromness Equipment
    Stromness Equipment
    Stromness Harbour, South Georgia, January 6, 2009
    2009-01-06#0165
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Stromness Buildings
    Stromness Buildings
    Stromness Harbour, South Georgia, January 6, 2009
    2009-01-06#0168
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Stromness Buildings
    Stromness Buildings
    Stromness Harbour, South Georgia, January 6, 2009
    2009-01-06#0171
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Southern Elephant Seals
    Southern Elephant Seals
    Mirounga leonina
    Stromness Harbour, South Georgia, January 6, 2009
    2009-01-06#0175
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Southern Elephant Seals
    Southern Elephant Seals
    Mirounga leonina
    Stromness Harbour, South Georgia, January 6, 2009
    2009-01-06#0177
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Stromness Dock
    Stromness Dock
    Stromness Harbour, South Georgia, January 6, 2009
    2009-01-06#0182
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Stromness Buildings
    Stromness Buildings
    Warning sign & chain that was used to secure the building against high winds.
    Stromness Harbour, South Georgia, January 6, 2009
    2009-01-06#0185
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Stromness Dock Pilings
    Stromness Dock Pilings
    Stromness Harbour, South Georgia, January 6, 2009
    2009-01-06#0186
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Stromness Buildings
    Stromness Buildings
    Stromness Harbour, South Georgia, January 6, 2009
    2009-01-06#0195
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Stromness
    Stromness
    After spending the night, photos from the Polar Star as we head to the next stop.
    Stromness Harbour, South Georgia, January 7, 2009
    2009-01-07#0002
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Leith
    Leith
    Stromness Bay, South Georgia, January 7, 2009
    2009-01-07#0009
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Hercules Bay
    Hercules Bay
    South Georgia, January 7, 2009
    2009-01-07#0016
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Waterfall
    Waterfall
    Hercules Bay, South Georgia, January 7, 2009
    2009-01-07#0017
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Macaroni Penguins
    Macaroni Penguins
    Eudyptes chrysolophus
    Hercules Bay, South Georgia, January 7, 2009
    2009-01-07#0018
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Macaroni Penguins
    Macaroni Penguins
    Eudyptes chrysolophus
    Hercules Bay, South Georgia, January 7, 2009
    2009-01-07#0033
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Macaroni Penguins
    Macaroni Penguins
    Eudyptes chrysolophus
    Hercules Bay, South Georgia, January 7, 2009
    2009-01-07#0036
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Macaroni Penguin
    Macaroni Penguin
    Eudyptes chrysolophus
    Hercules Bay, South Georgia, January 7, 2009
    2009-01-07#0046
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Bull Kelp
    Bull Kelp
    Durvillaea antarctica - at low tide.
    Hercules Bay, South Georgia, January 7, 2009
    2009-01-07#0054
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Macaroni Penguins
    Macaroni Penguins
    Eudyptes chrysolophus
    Hercules Bay, South Georgia, January 7, 2009
    2009-01-07#0067
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Macaroni Penguins
    Macaroni Penguins
    Eudyptes chrysolophus - coming and going in the waves.
    Hercules Bay, South Georgia, January 7, 2009
    2009-01-07#0071
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Waterfall
    Waterfall
    Hercules Bay, South Georgia, January 7, 2009
    2009-01-07#0082
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Arctic Tern
    Arctic Tern
    Sterna paradisaea
    Grytviken, King Edward Cove, South Georgia, January 7, 2009
    2009-01-07#0089
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Grytviken
    Grytviken
    We landed at King Edward Point and walked in rain to this whaling  station.
    King Edward Cove, South Georgia, January 7, 2009
    2009-01-07#0091
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Sealing Vessels 'Albatros' & 'Dias'
    Sealing Vessels 'Albatros' & 'Dias'
    Seals were also harvested for oil and almost hunted to extinction .
    Grytviken, King Edward Cove, South Georgia, January 7, 2009
    2009-01-07#0098
    Larry L. Jackson
  • South Georgia Museum
    South Georgia Museum
    The whaling station buildings have been removed for safety and to get rid of asbestos.
    Grytviken, King Edward Cove, South Georgia, January 7, 2009
    2009-01-07#0099
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Sealing Vessels 'Albatros' & 'Dias'
    Sealing Vessels 'Albatros' & 'Dias'
    Polar Star in the background at King Edward Point.
    Grytviken, King Edward Cove, South Georgia, January 7, 2009
    2009-01-07#0100
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Processing Equipment
    Processing Equipment
    Most of the equipment would have been inside buildings insulated from the cold with asbestos.
    Grytviken, King Edward Cove, South Georgia, January 7, 2009
    2009-01-07#0101
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Digesters
    Digesters
    Grytviken, King Edward Cove, South Georgia, January 7, 2009
    2009-01-07#0102
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Winch
    Winch
    used to drag whales ashore for processing.
    Grytviken, King Edward Cove, South Georgia, January 7, 2009
    2009-01-07#0104
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Church
    Church
    Built in 1913 with Shackleton's grave nearby.
    Grytviken, King Edward Cove, South Georgia, January 7, 2009
    2009-01-07#0105
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Oil Storage Tanks
    Oil Storage Tanks
    Grytviken, King Edward Cove, South Georgia, January 7, 2009
    2009-01-07#0106
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Processing Equipment
    Processing Equipment
    Much of this would have been in buildings.
    Grytviken, King Edward Cove, South Georgia, January 7, 2009
    2009-01-07#0107
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Housing
    Housing
    Note cables that support the building against high winds.
    Grytviken, King Edward Cove, South Georgia, January 7, 2009
    2009-01-07#0108
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Whaling Ship 'Petrel'
    Whaling Ship 'Petrel'
    Harpoon gun on the bow.
    Grytviken, King Edward Cove, South Georgia, January 7, 2009
    2009-01-07#0113
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Processing Equipment
    Processing Equipment
    Grytviken, King Edward Cove, South Georgia, January 7, 2009
    2009-01-07#0114
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Whale Chains
    Whale Chains
    used to drag whale carcasses ashore.
    Grytviken, King Edward Cove, South Georgia, January 7, 2009
    2009-01-07#0115
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Antarctic Fur Seals
    Antarctic Fur Seals
    Arctocephalus gazella - leucistic and normal juveniles with a female.
    Salisbury Plain, Bay of Isles, South Georgia, January 8, 2009
    2009-01-08#0002
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Brown Skua chick
    Brown Skua chick
    Stercorarius antarcticus lonnbergi
    Salisbury Plain, Bay of Isles, South Georgia, January 8, 2009
    2009-01-08#0007
    Larry L. Jackson
  • King Penguins & juveniles
    King Penguins & juveniles
    Aptenodytes patagonicus - 100s of thousands, even going up the hillside.
    Salisbury Plain, Bay of Isles, South Georgia, January 8, 2009
    2009-01-08#0013
    Larry L. Jackson
  • King Penguin & juveniles
    King Penguin & juveniles
    Aptenodytes patagonicus - not very attractive during the feather transition.
    Salisbury Plain, Bay of Isles, South Georgia, January 8, 2009
    2009-01-08#0016
    Larry L. Jackson
  • King Penguins & juveniles
    King Penguins & juveniles
    Aptenodytes patagonicus
    Salisbury Plain, Bay of Isles, South Georgia, January 8, 2009
    2009-01-08#0001
    Larry L. Jackson
  • King Penguins & juveniles
    King Penguins & juveniles
    Aptenodytes patagonicus
    Salisbury Plain, Bay of Isles, South Georgia, January 8, 2009
    2009-01-08#0022
    Larry L. Jackson
  • King Penguins
    King Penguins
    Aptenodytes patagonicus
    Salisbury Plain, Bay of Isles, South Georgia, January 8, 2009
    2009-01-08#0026
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Lucas Glacier
    Lucas Glacier
    Photographed from the Polar Star.
    Salisbury Plain, Bay of Isles, South Georgia, January 8, 2009
    2009-01-08#0030
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Prion Island
    Prion Island
    Bay of Isles, South Georgia, January 8, 2009
    2009-01-08#0035
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Royal Albatross
    Royal Albatross
    Diomedea epomorpha
    Prion Island, Bay of Isles, South Georgia, January 8, 2009
    2009-01-08#0039
    Larry L. Jackson