Christmas Day 2002 – “We three kings of South Georgia are…”
Best wishes for a Merry Christmas from the land of king penguins, reindeer, Antarctic fur seals and Shackletonia. The Endeavour enjoyed a magical white Christmas at the remote isle of South Georgia under fluffy snow flurries.
At Cooper Bay, a place named by Captain Cook for his first lieutenant, we encountered the fifth and sixth penguin species of our expedition. Hikers slalomed through fur seal beachfront territories and up between pedestals of tussock grass to a colony of Macaroni penguins – adorable pied flightless seabirds with improbable wavy golden hairdos.
Here at the southern end of South Georgia we walked a valley beside king and gentoo penguins while light-mantled sooty albatrosses glided in tandem overhead. We tobogganed down snowy slopes on the seat of our parka bottoms. In narrow and scenic Drygalski Fjord we witnessed calving glaciers cascading blue ice into cold waters. In dreamlike snowy conditions off Cooper Island, pure white snow petrels darted about enormous sculpted tabular bergs, luring us on to our upcoming adventures in the Antarctic Peninsula.
The gift we received this Christmas day was being in a remote pristine place on Earth – one of inspiring natural beauty and wildlife. Best wishes to all from the Endeavour at the bottom of the world.
Best wishes for a Merry Christmas from the land of king penguins, reindeer, Antarctic fur seals and Shackletonia. The Endeavour enjoyed a magical white Christmas at the remote isle of South Georgia under fluffy snow flurries.
At Cooper Bay, a place named by Captain Cook for his first lieutenant, we encountered the fifth and sixth penguin species of our expedition. Hikers slalomed through fur seal beachfront territories and up between pedestals of tussock grass to a colony of Macaroni penguins – adorable pied flightless seabirds with improbable wavy golden hairdos.
Here at the southern end of South Georgia we walked a valley beside king and gentoo penguins while light-mantled sooty albatrosses glided in tandem overhead. We tobogganed down snowy slopes on the seat of our parka bottoms. In narrow and scenic Drygalski Fjord we witnessed calving glaciers cascading blue ice into cold waters. In dreamlike snowy conditions off Cooper Island, pure white snow petrels darted about enormous sculpted tabular bergs, luring us on to our upcoming adventures in the Antarctic Peninsula.
The gift we received this Christmas day was being in a remote pristine place on Earth – one of inspiring natural beauty and wildlife. Best wishes to all from the Endeavour at the bottom of the world.
