Stromness Whaling Station and Shackleton Valley Today’s plan for an early morning landing at Gold Harbour and a zodiac cruise at Cooper Bay was scuttled in favour of Stromness last night. The weather forecast of […]
St Andrew’s Bay Le Lyrial arrives at St Andrew’s Bay around 6am to dense wet fog. I’m in the last group scheduled to land, so hopefully it clears up in a couple of hours. A […]
Salisbury Plain Our first landing at South Georgia is at Salisbury Plain, the site of a large King Penguin colony of 250,000 pairs. The forecast is for 8 degrees Celsius in the morning and 7 […]
March 7, 2018 We’re at sea today on Le Lyrial, heading to South Georgia Island. There are mandatory biosecurity checks to occupy the passengers during this day at sea. Boots are checked for cleanliness and […]
Early morning landing at Salisbury Plain on South Georgia Island. Salisbury Plain is the second largest King Penguin colony on the island. In complete contrast to St Andrew’s, the Plain is free of snow, and is dominated […]
St Andrews Bay is one of the largest (150,000 pairs of King Penguins) and one of the most scenic landings in South Georgia. It can also be one of the hardest given it is on […]
