This blog is a Photographic Record of this incredible journey; the images are roughly in chronological order.
Each image is ''clickable'' for greater detail.
Click on ''older posts'' at the end of the page to continue viewing.
Our total bird count was well over one hundred. Sea watching produced 4 Albatross species, 10 Petrels, 4 Shearwaters and 12 others. We managed five penguin species missing out on Emperor( as expected) and Adelie.

Our key sightings of non-bird life were Killer Whales, Leopard Seals and three other whale species.

The distance travelled was 4466 Nautical Miles.


Please enjoy.

Thursday, 21 March 2013

Elephant Island, sub-antarctica



Elephant Island, named either for the continual presence of Elephant Seals or for its  outline shape of an Elephants head.; made famous by its association with Shackleton's daring rescue.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elephant_Island
www.jamescairdsociety.com/shackleton-news.php?id=103208

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