Buenos Aires, Argentina
Ushuaia, Argentina
"End of the World". Ushuaia, at the southern tip of South America, is the most popular gateway to Antarctica.
View of the Beagle Channel with a popular tourist attraction of Les Eclaireurs (the scouts) Lighthouse.
Les Eclaireurs (the scouts) Lighthouse on a small island in the Beagle Channel in Tierra del Fuego, Argentina, with the snowcapped Andes mountains in the background
Martillo Island, Beagle Channel, Argentina
A Magellanic penguin (spheniscus magellanicus), with the Andes mountains in the background. These were the first wild penguins I'd ever seen.
Adelie penguins on an iceberg in Antarctica
Antarctica
South Georgia Island
First view of the mountainous South Georgia Island coastline as an expedition ship arrives from the Falkland Islands at sunrise.
Glacier at the head of Drygalski Fjord, South Georgia Island, South Atlantic Ocean
Panoramic view of the beautiful glacier face and dramatic snowcapped mountains in the Drygalski Fjord.
Closeup view of the textured surface of a glacier face, with jagged, snowcapped mountains in the background, in the Drygalski Fjord of South Georgia Island in the South Atlantic Ocean.
A piece of ice calving off a glacier face in Drygalski Fjord.
Colonies of Antarctic fur seals (Arctocephalus gazella) and king penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) share the beach and coastline near Salisbury Plain on South Georgia Island.
A group of king penguins, (Aptenodytes patagonicus), standing together on South Georgia Island, surrounded by tussock grass, with mountains and a blue sky in the background.
Antarctica cruise ship passengers with cameras and matching yellow parkas observe a group of king penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) in their natural habitat.
St. Andrews Bay, where thousands of king penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) congregate on a rocky beach near a glacial stream running into the Atlantic Ocean.
King Penguins Standing against Mountains on South Georgia Island, South Atlantic Ocean
Sea of Penguins
A huge colony of adult and juvenile king penguins on a beach in St. Andrew's Bay, South Georgia Island.
A small group of king penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) walk on a pebble beach near Salisbury Plain.
A small group of adult king penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) walk along the pebbled beach of St. Andrews Bay on a clear sunny day.
Panoramic view of thousands of King penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) on Salisbury Plain, an annual breeding site, on South Georgia Island in the southern Atlantic Ocean.
Close-up of a cute young king penguin still wearing its brown chick coat, standing in front of the camera and flapping his wings, on South Georgia Island.
A lone Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddellii) lying down among a colony of king penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus), both juvenile and adults, in Gold Bay on South Georgia Island.
Elephant seals, fur seals, and king penguins. Not afraid of humans.
South Georgia Island.
Kings
King penguins on a black sand beach on South Georgia Island.
Wide angle view of the spectacular scenery inside the Drygalski Fjord on South Georgia Island, with its steep snowcapped mountains and glaciers.
