This aerial shot of the whaling station .... courtesy of the museum here ...

was taken in 1962 while the station was in full operation.

The next 2 photos were also supplied by the museum.

Blue Whale  - photo taken  1917

Photo taken in 1925

Yep ... it was pretty foggy !!

Roy ... doing the long hike from the main complex to the far cove.

One of the zodiacs heading to the  far cove.

The ship on the right is the

Whale-Catcher  "Petrel"

( out of Oslo )

How do you like that "harpoon"

on the bow ?

Roy .... in front of the 2 sealing ships

This is a  Muzzle-loading  Whale Cannon ... circa 1904

Some of the Whale Processing Apparatus

Ernest Shackleton

Born ... Feb.15, 1874

Died...Jan. 5, 1922

It was a very touching ceremony ...because all of us

who are addicted to

Antarctic travel

truly do consider

Shackleton to be  "The Boss"

He was buried here with

his head facing South

( towards  Antarctica )

instead of East

A quote from one of his

favorite authors

( Robert Browning )

is engraved on the back of the grave marker.

" I hold that a man

should strive to the

uttermost,

for his life's set prize"

The  "Boss"

The  "Endurance" - 1915

Experts by now ... I know you recognize these guys as a young Fur Seal & a Gentoo Penguin.

Humpback Whales

Spectacled Porpoises

Wilson's  Storm Petrel

South Georgia Diving Petrel

Baby & Mom ... Snow Petrels

The first 4 photos are of our  "Welcome Party"... as we waded ashore

Actually ....

I didn't even have to go in search of these

shots.

Just sat down on a rock

and let them

do all the work.

They were sort of

curious ...

so wandered on over

and

"got in my face"

on the left:

A young  "bull" seal

( in training )

on the right:

A fully mature  "bull"

This was the first time on this trip that we came across the Macaronis.    Although there were some Gentoos & Kings ...

the Macaronis had the largest contingent

These young males are practicing their fighting technique  ... NOT being affectionate.    They both rear up & then just CRASH into each other.

Here are a few I haven't shown you yet.

Northern Giant Petrels

Southern Giant Petrels ... and white Sheathbill

Cape Petrel

Brown Skua

Southern  Right  Whale  Dolphins

Searching for a way  .... if there was one ....to breach the outer cliff walls & get into the area that contained the wildlife.

FOUND  IT !!  Getting thru that little arch ... fighting kelp all the way

was more than a  little  "tricky"

OH  BOY  !! .... WAS IT EVER WORTH IT  !!

It certainly convinced me that  we had indeed happened upon

"The Lost World "

Volcanic Activity  Evidence

Columnar  Basalt  Dyke

 " new "   Northern  Rockhopper

"regular"  Rockhopper