Antarctica and South Georgia by Russian research vessel

As one prone to hyperbole or at least liberal use of superlatives, I am probably the last person who should be blogging on our voyage to Antarctica and South Georgia. In the words of our expedition leader, Graham Charles, a record-breaking explorer on both poles, “Welcome to South Georgia-the greatest place on the face of the earth- bar none!”

Imagine standing in a penguin rookery with over 250,000 king penguins,

or kayaking among 30 plus curious fur seals,

or being hunted by a hungry leopard seal,

or doing a REAL polar plunge,

We have no pictures because we ALL plunged.

or slaloming through a massive iceberg graveyard with structures as high as office buildings.

Antarctica did not have the wildlife that South Georgia did but it’s landscapes were show-stoppingly phenomenal. It was otherworldly, in a good way.

I am NOT bragging about what WE saw or had the chance to encounter: I am bragging that these wonders exist on our planet.

Carter