S. Georgia and Sandwich Isl.

Day 10
Nov 13, 2008

... 's, with whom they battled a path up to the Macaroni Peng rookery.  Quite similar to the Rockies, but cresting slightly different and a bit bigger.  Before heading back to the ship, we cruised through the icebergs in our zodiacs.   We set ...

Shakleton's footsteps
Nov 27, 2007

... moment and discovered that 30cm wellies shoudn't be used in 40 cm water doh! On our other landings on South Georgia we hiked up to a glacier and also visited Grytviken, an old whaling station with a population of 14. In the heyday of it's operation the ...

Day 8
Nov 11, 2008

Day 8, Most of the ship elected to retrace the final 5.5km of Shackleton's trek across South Georgia this morning.  Quite tough going across snow and down steep, muddy hills.  Who did we lend that hiking pole to?  An old dear, ...

Grytviken Captial of South Georgia
Jan 12, 2007

... . King Edward Point, a low promontory just below Hope Point, is the site of the South Georgia Government's administrative centre and fisheries research facility. Send Photo to a Friend Grytviken - Meeting Elephant Seals Meeting Elephant Seals The ...