Iron and Basalt mountain #photography #antarctica #iron #basalt #mountain

I bet their wifi is shit. #photography #antarctica #shack #horseshoeisland

So much iron in the rocks they look brown. There's no soil or dirt to speak of in antarctica #photography #antarctica #mountain

Brown Skua in flight #photography #antarctica #bird

Misty mountain top #photography #antarctica #mountain

Three shags all stacked up #photography #antarctica #bird #shag

Moody mountains and glaciers #photography #antarctica #mountain #glacier

Goodbye sweet princess. #photography #antarctica #penguin #bird

Brown Skua surveying his domain #photography #antarctica #bird #glacier #iceberg

Adelie Penguin - Wider shot #photography #antarctica #penguin #bird

Antarctic Shag taking a shit mid-flight #photography #antarctica #bird #shag

Adelie Penguin - Getting ready to skedaddle

A shot of the zodiac #photography #antarctica #zodiac

Adelie Penguin - Looking the other way now. #photography #antarctica #penguin #bird

Horseshoe Island - There was sooo much copper in these stones. #photography #antarctica #horseshoeisland #copper

Adelie Penguin - I'm posting each one of these, deal with it. #photography #antarctica #bird #penguin

Antarctic Tern flying over the ice looking for food #photography #antarctica #bird

Adelie Penguin - One of my all time favorite photos. #photography #antarctica #bird #penguin

Very old abandoned row boat. Left over stuff lasts forever because there is minimal moisture in the air and basically no land plants. #photography #antarctica #boat

This adorable adelie penguin did a whole little dance for me as I cruised on the zodiac. #photography #antarctica #bird #penguin

A kelp gull with its chicks #photography #antarctica #bird

Adelie Penguin - He decided to fuck off. #photography #antarctica #bird #penguin

Adelie Penguin saying "Lets take this outside." The have that white ring of feathers around their eyes because it makes their eye more expressive and more social. #photography #antarctica #penguin #bird

So blue. The oxygen gets trapped in the ice as the snow smooshes down into glaciers and then icebergs, and it can be intensely blue. #photography #antarctica #iceberg

Adelie Penguin - Ooooh big stretch. #photography #antarctica #bird #penguin

Mountains lit up in the back with a shadowy foreground #photography #antarctica #mountains #iceberg

He's checking to make sure you bow too. #photography #antarctica #bird #penguin

Various mountains across the bay with a big iceberg in the middle #photography #antarctica #iceberg #mountain

Adelie Penguin doing a bow. #photography #antarctica #bird #penguin

Adelie penguin, flexing to show how tough he is. #photography #antarctica #bird #penguin

A crappy picture of a glacier coming down a steep mountain. #photography #antarctica #mountain #glacier

A crabeater seal with a lot of texture. #photography #antarctica #seal

This seal is less happy than the others. #photography #antarctica

Brown Skua in loaf mode #photography #antarctica #bird

This one has an old timey feel. #photography #antarctica #mountain

A pointy mountain, I wonder if this one was volcanic? #photography #antarctica #mountain

Happy, Sleepy, Crabeater Seal #photography #antarctica #seal

Antarctic Tern #photography #antarctica #bird

Antarctic Tern- These ones are fast and blend in well with the water. #photography #antarctica #bird

Antarctica - Mountains #photography #antarctica #mountains

Antarctica - Mountains #photography #antarctica #mountains

Antarctica - Mountains #photography #antarctica #mountains

Antarctica - Mountains #photography #antarctica #mountains

I need to figure out how to pre-compress these photos so they look better on bsky and phones. There's something different between the full sized photos on my computer and the final pics when they get uploaded.

Antarctica - Emperor Penguin Fare thee well brave soul. I know not from whence you came nor to whence you return. I knew ye but briefly and incompletely, but you changed me. My soul is lighter for having witnessed your beauty and grace. Godspeed. #photography #antarctica #bird

Antarctica - Emperor Penguin Aaaand he's gone. #photography #antarctica #bird

Antarctica - The emperor penguin returns to the depths from whence it came. #photography #antarctica #bird

Antarctica - The emperor penguin contemplates the sea. #photography #antarctica #bird

Antarctica - Crabeater Seals Kissy kissy. #photography #antarctica #seals

Antarctica - Four crabeater seals #photography #antarctica #seals