Blubber Slugs and Beach Masters

On March 26, 2014
By Randall Tate
In Antarctica, Stock, Wilderness, Wildlife
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Antarctic Fur Seal Skull – Salisbury Plain, South Georgia

Antarctic Fur Seal – South Georgia

“Below the 40th latitude there is no law; below the 50th no god; below the 60th no common sense and below the 70th no intelligence whatsoever.” — Kim Stanley Robinson —

King Penguin – South Georgia

Southern Giant Petrel – Salisbury Plain, South Georgia

Weddell Seal – Elephant Island

Crabeater Seal – Antarctic Peninsula

Adelie Penguin Chick – King George Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica

Antarctic Peninsula

Humpback Whale – Antarctic Peninsula

Guests of the MS Expedition surrounded by King Penguins and Antarctic Fur Seals – Salisbury Plain, South Georgia

Bust of Captain Luis Pardo near the site on Elephant Island where Shackleton’s men spent 5 months awaiting rescue. Pardo was the Captain of the Yelcho, a Chilean steam tug, that rescued the men.