Antarctica, March 2007

Antarctica warmly called us. We sailed on a small Russian boat with a group of fellow photographers. It felt like home. All images © 2007 Cynthia Walpole

King Penguin. South Georgia. Antarctic morning. Iceberg, Pleaneau Bay, Antarctica. Parent and chick gentoo penguins climb up a penguin highway. Iceberg on a cloudy day. Upland Goose, Saunders Is., Falklands. Hope Bay mountaintop. Catabaric winds show their force. Royal Bay, early morning light. Petrel calmly awaits its prey. Going fishing, see you later!... Honey, I'm home!!! Female elephant seal patiently waits to finish molting. Gentoo preens some molting feathers. I'm going swimming. Or maybe not. The water sure looks cold. Swim out bench? Port Stanley, Falkland Islands. Big Iceberg swallows little iceberg? Lost in ice. Patterns in Ice. How would it look in monochrome? Fur seal. South Orkney Island. Young fur seal. South Georgia. Tall Tail of a Humpback Whale. Magellanic penguins march out to sea during a sandstorm. Carcass Is., Falklands. Gentoos on the march. Flightless Steamerduck, Falklands. Rusty detail. Grytviken whaling museum, South Gerogia. A gentoo, too. Lunch time. View of South Georgia. Royad Bay mountaintop. Ice capped mountain. Drygalski Fyord. Detail of a blue iceberg.