Landscapes, Seascapes, and Other Interesting Places

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Presidential palace.

Santiago de Chile

Beagle Channel.

Tierra del Fuego

Bahia La Pataia national park. (End of the Pan American highway. Note the bottom line on the sign.)

Tierra del Fuego

 

 

 

 

 

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Chilean Andes, seen from La Pataia.

Tierra del Fuego

Abandoned British Antarctic Survey huts.

Detaille Island

Pack ice.

vicinity of Detaille Island

 

 

 

 

 

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Gentoo penguins.

Petermann Island

Lemaire Channel.

Ice.

Paradise Bay

 

 

 

 

 

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Palmer Station, one of three permanent US bases in Antarctica.

Torgersen Island

On the peak.

Paulet Island

Adelie penguin colony.

Paulet Island

 

 

 

 

 

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Blue ice.

Iceberg Alley

Approaching Point Wild.

Elephant Island

Point Wild. Bust of Chilean rescue-ship captain Louis Pardo visible at the left; probably near the site of Shackleton's expedition camp.

Elephant Island

 

 

 

 

 

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Chinstrap penguin group on ice.

Elephant Island

Grytviken whaling station.

South Georgia Island

The flensing plan.

Grytviken

 

 

 

 

 

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Chapel.

Grytviken

Inside the chapel.

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Grytviken whaling station.

South Georgia Island

 

 

 

 

 

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Penguins at the end of the rainbow.

St. Andrews Bay

Following in Shackleton's footsteps from Fortuna Bay to Stromness whaling station. (Lake in the background is mentioned in Shackleton's account.)

South Georgia Island

Central South Georgia Island, seen from Shackleton's path.

South Georgia Island

 

 

 

 

 

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Along Shackleton's path, heading down to Stromness.

South Georgia Island

Stromness Bay.

South Georgia Island

Shackleton, Worsley, and Crean climbed down this fall in winter, occasionally submerging in the icy water.

Stromness Bay, South Georgia Island

 

 

 

 

 

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Manager's villa at Stromness whaling station, where Shackleton and companions finally found aid.

Stromness Bay, South Georgia Island

Glacier at Salisbury Plain.

Bay of Isles, South Georgia Island

Environs of Salisbury Plain.

Bay of Isles, South Georgia Island

 

 

 

 

 

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Glaciers at Salisbury Plain.

Bay of Isles, South Georgia Island

Environs of Salisbury Plain.

Bay of Isles, South Georgia Island

Whale-jaw arch and cathedral at Port Stanley.

Falkland Islands