Fortuna Bay, Stromness – it is here that Shackleton arrived after a 36 hour walk from King Haakon Bay on the other side of the island! (after gruelling months on ice floes trying to find land)…to reach help and save … Continue reading →

Dynamic little Macaroni penguins have a colony at Hercules Bay on a tussock-covered slope above a rocky shoreline. Zodiac cruising  this morning to see their activity.  The name “Macaroni’ derives from the 18C englishmen dandies who made the grand tour … Continue reading →

“If you were to take a giant carving knife, slice along one of the highest mountain ridges in Switzerland, just where the huge glaciers tumble into the valley below, and then drop your slice of mountain, dripping with sugar icing, … Continue reading →