Our day starts at Gold Harbor, a small bay at the eastern end of South Georgia. Gold Harbor is so named because the sun’s rays make the rock faces yellow at sunrise and set. Its coastline consists of a large beach and moraine covered with tussock grass. Framing the beach are the hanging ice cliffs…
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The day starts at St. Andrews Bay, ab0ut 30 km south of Grytviken. The bay’s setting is gorgeous, stretching nearly 3 km with a dark sand beach, surrounded by glaciers, massive peaks and a tussock plain. The bay hosts the largest King penguin colony in existence with over 150,000 breeding pairs plus their chicks, adding…
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Fortuna Bay sits at the end of a 6 km fjord on the South Georgia’s northeast coast. The bay is named after the first ship to enter the area and was popular with sealers seeking elephant seal oil. This area is historically notable as the final leg of Ernest Shackleton’s incredible, 17-month story of survival…
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South Georgia! Remote, rugged, and teeming with wildlife, South Georgia is known as the ‘Serengeti of the Southern Ocean’. We picked our cruise package specifically because S. Georgia was on the route. We’ll be working our way along the east side of the island group for the next four days. High expectations! Original plans were for…
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