Photo Gallery
Steve Howell and Luke Seitz
Antarctic vistas abound as we scann for penguins and whales.
Seeing 12 of the world’s 24 albatross species on the trip was notable, from the almost daily but always handsome Black-browed…
…to the huge Wandering Albatrosses, at times almost sailing past at arm’s length and allowing great comparisons of the various taxa—here a (presumed) Snowy Wandering…
…. And here, within the same minute, a distinctive Antipodes Wanderer.
Penguins of course are synonymous with this region, whether Adelie Penguins on icebergs…
The up-close-and-personal colony of King Penguins at the Falklands…
Or Chinstrap Penguins porpoising in their marine element.
Some Humpback Whales feeding amid scenery. (photo Luke Seitz)
Snowy Sheathbills flew out to visit the ship a few times. (photo Luke Seitz)
Distracting us from the infinite shapes and shades of glaciers …
…and icebergs.
It wasn’t all seabirds, and here the group enjoyed an obliging male Magellanic Woodpecker.
This young Burrowing Owl in Uruguay was another non-seabird highlight.