A humpback whale's fluke submerges into the calm waters off of Lagoon Island, Antarctica. The chiselled, snow-capped landscape spans the back of the frame. There's a research station on the left side on the black rocks. This is a humpback a true whale as it is vegan. Willy was an Orca, a member of the dolphin family which are carnivorous. They hunt humpbacks.

Free Willy (1993)

Willy was an Orca / Killer Whale, a member of the Dolphin family. #AlphabetChallenge #WeekMforMovies #WaterWednesday #Scape

Lagoon Island, Antarctica

#photography #landscape #originalcontent #offthebeatenpath #humpback #LoveAntarctica #G+Circle #ECK #WestCoastKin #Antarctica

Two Skua, one perched on what appears to be their favourite rock as a few more skua are out of the frame. The other in what appears to be attack mode. The rock has a jagged profile and patches of snow on it. The sky is clear and blue. Brown / Antarctic Skua (Stercorarius antarcticus) are the heaviest species of skua, rivaling the largest gulls. They are aggressive, often taking on much larger birds, eating their eggs and chicks during the breeding season, and stealing food from them.

Mouthy Pair

Brown / Antarctic Skua, beaking off: At us? A 2-fer for @alan678.bsky.social's #BirdOfTheDay theme, #openbeak & #openwings #BlueSkyMonday

Detaille Island, Antarctica

#photography #nature #landscape #skua #birds #LoveAntarctica #travel #offthebeatenpath #originalcontent #antarctica

Blue skies, snow-capped chiselled peaks lead to calm blue waters. Our ship can be seen mid-frame. Standing on Detaille Island, Antarctica looking down at an abandoned research base. You can see a few green parkas making way to the shoreline and some awaiting zodiacs.

Walking In A Winter Wonderland

Antarctica summer, it just looks cold. #BlueSkyArtShow #cold #LoveAntarctica

Detaille Island, Antarctica
🧭 66°52'1" S 66°47'26" W

#photography #Scape #seascape #landscape #snow #travel #offthebeatenpath #originalcontent #antarctica

Two Skua, perched on what appears to be their favourite rock as a few more skua are out of the frame. The rock has a jagged profile and patches of snow on it. The sky is clear and blue. Brown / Antarctic Skua (Stercorarius antarcticus) are the heaviest species of skua, rivaling the largest gulls. They are aggressive, often taking on much larger birds, eating their eggs and chicks during the breeding season, and stealing food from them.

Singing Skua?

Brown / Antarctic Skua do not sing! @alan678.bsky.social's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #singing. #AlphabetChallenge #WeekCforCloseUp

Detaille Island, Antarctica

#photography #nature #landscape #skua #birds #LoveAntarctica #travel #offthebeatenpath #originalcontent #antarctica

Drifting along in a Zodiac with a napping Humpback Whale at our side. It's about 4 meters away, enough to catch a drift of the lunch menu. Ahead lies the chiselled landscape of Lagoon Island, a small island that sits in the entrance to Ryder Bay off of the SE side of Adelaide Island. It is covered in snow and sits under clouds. The water is calm, the whale is calm, Nature is amazing!

Close Enough

Every time this snoozing Humpback belches, I smell lunch. #AlphabetChallenge #WeekCforCloseUp #LoveAntarctica #TravelTuesday

Lagoon Island, Antarctica
🧭 67°34'44.1"S 68°13'34.7"W

#photography #landscape #scape #nature #humpback #whale #originalcontent #offthebeatenpath #Antarctica

A lone sentry stands perched on a boulder offering them unobstructed views of the island and its shoreline. Behind the penguin is a Ukraine flag and a green building with a sign with the bases' name, in Ukrainian. The sky is grey-ish, clear, but no sunshine.

Standing With Ukraine

A lone penguin stands watch @ Ukraine's Antarctic, Vernadsky Research Base. #BlueSkyArtShow #one #birdoftheday #perfectperch #LoveAntarctica

Galindes Island, Antarctica

#photography #landscape #nature #originalcontent #ukraine #penguins #travel #offthebeatenpath #Antarctica

A penguin getting ready to launch into the ocean from a rocky beach. They are hilarious to watch on land, a graceful torpedo in water. There are colourful rocks and red kelp in the water.

Dive master

Mid-launch: Going for lunch! Flightless yes, but a graceful torpedo in water. #BirdOfTheDay theme #caughtinmotion #LoveAntarctica

Cuverville Island, Antarctica
🧭 64°41'1" S 62°37'37" W

#photography #nature #originalcontent #penguins #wildlife #travel #offthebeatenpath #Antarctica

Warm and Threatening Sky

The warm glow of the morning sun softens the chiselled peaks on Adelaide Island. The you look upward. #BlueskyArtShow #Sky #LoveAntarctica

Adelaide Island, Antarctica

#photography #scape #landscape #cloudscape #originalcontent #TRLT #offthebeatenpath #Antarctica

If you've walked on this special part of the world you'll have Penguin Memories for life. For one, they're a little stinky. They're also awkward on land, but in water they immediately transform into sleek, graceful torpedoes. These young Adélie penguins, identifiable by the distinctive white ring around their eyes. They are standing on a rocky, snow-dusted shore. The curiosity is mutual. Antarctica Day, December 1, commemorates the signing of the Antarctic Treaty in 1959. The treaty sets forth strict guidelines to protect the very important ecosystem of the Antarctic Continent. Today, China and Norway routinely ignore the treaty, scooping up tons, upon tons of Krill. Krill is the building block of pretty much the entire food chain, shrimp and other crustations depend on it, as do penguins and whales.

"Antarctica Day, Huh?"

#BirdoftheDay #Reflections - Me doing the reflecting on this #AntarcticaDay #LoveAntarctica

Bongrain Point, Pourquoi Pas Island, Antarctica 🇦🇶
🧭 67°43'22" S 67°44'8" W

#photography #nature #wildlife #penguins #originalcontent #TRLT #travel #offthebeatenpath #Antarctica

Looking down and over the railing of our expedition ship into the rippled water of the bay. Reflections of the chiselled peaks can be seen in the water, decorated with scattered ice flowing through it. The landscape is stunningly harsh, although it's beaty and warmth radiate all around …or it could be that it's Valentines Day. Antarctica Day, December 1, commemorates the signing of the Antarctic Treaty in 1959. The treaty sets forth strict guidelines to protect the very important ecosystem of the Antarctic Continent. Today, China and Norway routinely ignore the treaty, scooping up tons, upon tons of Krill. Krill is the building block of pretty much the entire food chain, shrimp and other crustations depend on it, as do penguins and whales.

"Bergy Bits" and Bliss

Happy Antarctica Day! #LoveAntarctica #AntarcticaDay #MountainMonday #ClassicMono

Dalgiesh Bay, Pourquoi Pas Island, Antarctica 🇦🇶
🧭 67°42'46" S 67°44'40" W

#photography #landscape #originalcontent #blackandwhite #monochrome #TRLT #travel #offthebeatenpath #Antarctica

Our black zodiac skips across fairly calm waters to Detaille Island, and its decommissioned research station. The mid-morning sun sends rays shooting through blue sky, with ribbons of bright white clouds. Antarctica Day, December 1, commemorates the signing of the Antarctic Treaty in 1959. The treaty sets forth strict guidelines to protect the very important ecosystem of the Antarctic Continent. Today, China and Norway routinely ignore the treaty, scooping up tons, upon tons of Krill. Krill is the building block of pretty much the entire food chain, shrimp and other crustations depend on it, as do penguins and whales.

Detaille Island

Happy Antarctica Day! #Scape #LoveAntarctica #BlueSkyMonday

Lallemand Fjord, Loubet Coast, Antarctica
🧭 66°52'5" S 66°48'46" W

#photography #AntarcticaDay #landscape #originalcontent #TRLT #offthebeatenpath #Antarctica

Unfairly High Bar

A Humpback whale submerges after a nap 15 feet from our zodiac. Ooh-ahh moments, nothing comes close to #Antarctica. #AlphabetChallenge #WeekMforMemories #WaterWednesday

Lagoon Island, Antarctica

#photography #landscape #originalcontent #travel #offthebeatenpath #LoveAntarctica

A warm, morning glow over the snow-capped, chiselled peaks of Adelaide Island. A bit of dark cloud to the left adds a little drama. The seas is quite calm here of the southern tip of Adelaide Island, Antarctica. At 67° South, we are below the Antarctic Circle, where very few expedition-style ships venture, this boat only makes 2 or three runs here per season. A few more degrees south and big ice becomes a real problem …not going!

Morning Has Broken

Antarctica, one #StunDay after another. Certainly an iconic experience. #WeekIforIconic #AlphabetChallenge #SkySunday #SilentSunday

Adelaide Island, Antarctica
🧭 67°44'12" S 69°14'45" W

#photography #LoveAntarctica #nature #originalcontent #travel #offthebeatenpath #Antarctica

Slightly choppy, dark blue water leads to the snow capped, chiselled landscape of Cuverville Island, Antarctica. The landscape sits under blue skies, with moving clouds that transition from white to grey. Cuverville is home to the peninsula’s largest population of Gentoo penguins, about 4,500 nesting pairs.

Ultimate eScape

No people, no problem. The Gentoo penguins are quite curious, almost friendly. #Scape #LoveAntarctica

Cuverville Island, Antarctica
🧭 64°37'37" S 62°35'31" W

#photography #seascape #landscape #antarctica #travel #offthebeatenpath #originalcontent #antarctica

A row of kayaks, several rad and a lime green one being towed behind a zodiac. The water is calm, sparkling with sunlight that also illuminates scattered ice, or bergy bits. Beyond the current line there's black mountain peaks largely covered in snow. The sky has bright, scattered clouds, the sunrays can be seen streaming down, top right.

Going Paddlin' in February

Season's flipped in Antarctica. #BlueSkyArtShow #SummerDaze #scape

Lagoon Island (pulo sa Antarctica)
🧭 67°36'3" S 68°14'53" W

#photography #landscape #realphotography #originalcontent #TRLT #offthebeatenpath #LoveAntarctica #Antarctica

Penguins on a rocky beach with chunks of ice scattered among the boulders. So penguins are quite young, they still have their soft, brown feathers that look like patches of fur. Behind the flock is a brown/rust coloured dirt bank with snow behind it. In the foreground there are chunks of ice floating in the waveless water.

How many Penguins make an Oodle?

I have more if required. A small part of the flock at Bongrain Point. #AlphabetChallenge #WeekOforOodles #LoveAntarctica

Pourquoi Pas Island, Antarctica
🧭67°43'20" S 67°44'14" W

#photography #landscape #penguins #originalcontent #offthebeatenpath #Antarctica

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The chiselled landscape of Jenny Island, Antarctica with ominous clouds to the left. In the foreground to the right there is the railing at the stern of a ship, and a trail of ice (bergy bits) sweeping through the left side of the image.

Bergy Bits

My unexpected infatuation with ice: I love icebergs and glaciers! #AlphabetChallenge #WeekBforBB #LoveAntarctica #WildernessWeekends

Jenny Island, Antarctica
🧭67°42'45" S 68°20'43" W

#photography #landscape #nature #trlt #originalcontent #offthebeatenpath #Antarctica

Standing on the edge of Winter Island in Antarctica. It's part of the Argentine Islands, made mostly of rock. The brown structure below is Wordie House. There are people in slime-green parkas next to the hut, can more in a zodiac in the water to the right. The snowbank to the left is Galindez Island, Skua Island on the right is separated by the narrow Cornice Channel The chiselled peaks in the background is Graham Land, Antarctica mainland. Historic British Base ‘F’, Wordie House, a hut built in 1935 and rebuilt (because of a tidal wave) in 1947, was used by the British to take meteorological readings. It closed in 1954 and was designated Historic Site and Monument no. 62 in 1995. It has been left in tact, in the relative state in which it was abandoned.

Solace & Sanity

Rare commodities while living above a meth lab. Maybe I can wait out the chaos in there? #WaterWednesday #LoveAntarctica

Wordie House, Winter Island, Antarctica
🧭 65°15'3" S 64°15'30" W

#photography #landscape #nature #trlt #originalcontent #offthebeatenpath #Antarctica

A penguin getting ready to launch into the ocean from a rocky beach. There are colourful rocks and red kelp in the water.

Dive Master

Hilarious to watch on land, a graceful torpedo in water. #WildernessWeekend #LoveAntarctica

Cuverville Island, Antarctica
🧭 64°41'1" S 62°37'37" W

#photography #realphotography #nature #originalcontent #penguins #wildlife #birds #TRLT #travelsky #offthebeatenpath #Antarctica

The start of another Antarctic summer season is here 2024-2025. ¡El comienzo de otra temporada de verano antártico ya está aquí 2024-2025. 📸 MS Fram HX.

#science #ciencia #antartida #antarctica #ocean #oceano #fjordphyto #fitoplancton #phytoplankton #citizenscience #loveantarctica

Antarctica, a Journey or Odyssey?

Bongrain Point, below Antarctic Circle. #AlphabetChallenge #WeekJforJourney #TravelTuesday

Antarctic Ice shield, Antarctica
🧭 67°42'46" S 67°44'40" W

#photography #landscape #realphotography #originalcontent #TRLT #offthebeatenpath #LoveAntarctica #Antarctica

Two Skua Singing

…or is it Pairs Squawking! #AlphabetChallenge #WeekDForDoubles #LoveAntarctica

Detaille Island, Antarctica
🧭66°52'1" S 66°47'26" W

#photography #landscape #realphotography #originalcontent #nature #wildlife #skua #nature #travel #TRLT #offthebeatenpath #Antarctica