Channel Reflections
We took a scenic detour through this channel and it didn’t disappoint. Some of the most stunning cliffs I have ever seen.
Resisting the obvious joke
Finally made it to continent seven, and the views don't disappoint. If anything they're hard to capture in photos! The sheer silence of the area is deafening, cut by random penguin calls and sounds of distant avalanches and iceberg shifts. Utterly magical.
Arriving at Deception Island
A nifty photo of my wife as we finish dropping anchor in the harbor. We’ll use zodiac boats to get to shore.
Deception Island Landscape
A photo of myself that I wound up liking. It feels somewhat trippy to look at: the texture of the ground, the rusting remains of the old whaling station, and the two penguins to the left (one is not beheaded, it’s just scratching itself).
Deception Island
A former whaling station inside a natural harbor. A few buildings and tankers remain, along with an old airplane hangar from the first flights in Antarctica. The rock walls are particularly neat, the red hue is very striking.
Research Station
The orange buildings in the distance are an Argentinian research station. This island hosts a fairly large collection of rock-hopper penguins, and the two here went on quite a journey - taking the ultra long way to the water.