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Cruising Tierra del Fuego and Antarctica

Posted Jan 28, 2026 by Steve Howell and Stephen Menzie

Steve Howell

Leader

Stephen Menzie

Leader

Learn more about the Cruise: Antarctic Peninsula and Tierra del Fuego tour

Steve Howell and Stephen Menzie report from their recent cruise to Antarctica, a fabulous tour as always to the vast majesty of the Great Southern Continent.

Note the cruise ship here for scale!

Steve Howell

Our comfortable at-sea birding started with Cape Verde Shearwaters...

Stephen Menzie

...and ended with Atlantic Petrels.

Stephen Menzie

In between, tubenose highlights included handsome Blue Petrels...

Stephen Menzie

And ocean giants such as this Snowy Wandering Albatross

Steve Howell

Plus the iconic Light-mantled Sooty Albatross...

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And dapper Pintado Petrels at eye level!

Steve Howell

Icebergs and ice floes sometimes held a sleeping Leopard Seal

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Or a watchful Adelie Penguin

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While the passing scenery (obscenery?) just kept coming...

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And coming, fifty shades of white and counting.

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Our varied landings featured species ranging from this Magellanic Woodpecker in Tierra del Fuego...

Stephen Menzie

... to the stunning little Chestnut Seedeater....

Stephen Menzie

And the very localized Olrog’s Gull in Uruguay.

Stephen Menzie

Oh, and let’s not forget all those King Penguins on the sunny Falkland Islands, one of so many great memories from an amazing trip!

Steve Howell