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south georgia and the south sandwich islands

by rondalfo santos

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South Georgia Island, the closest inhabited landmass to the source of the August 2021 Japan tsunami.

PHOTOGRAPH BY PETER FISHER

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One of the most amazing natural locations in the world - South Georgia Island in the South Atlantic.

📸 by Richard Bernabe

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Antarctica Dream Adventure 8 - Drygalski Fjord

This is our third day at South Georgia Island in our Antarctica Dream Adventure. South Georgia is the British Overseas Territory of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. As we progress on the expedition we are told that areas of South Georgia are being closed due to the detection of birds with avian influenza and to help reduce the spread of the disease. The expedition leader is…

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Cloud Swirls, Grytviken, South Georgia Island

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Cloud Swirls, Grytviken, South Georgia Island

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Cloud Swirls, Grytviken, South Georgia Island

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Cloud Swirls, Grytviken, South Georgia Island

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Cloud Swirls, Grytviken, South Georgia Island

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Cloud Swirls, Grytviken, South Georgia Island

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Cloud Swirls, Grytviken, South Georgia Island

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south georgia island

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WANDERING ALBATROSS (DIOMEDEA EXULANS)

A pair of albatross flying over snowy mountains in South Georgia Island, Antarctica.

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"A Formal Occasion" South Georgia Island by Richard BernabeNew cover photo on Richard's Website: richardbernabe.com

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King penguin numbers at South Georgia are on the rise, in part because glacial retreat has revealed more breeding habitat for the species to exploit.

Excerpt from this New York Times story:

South Georgia is part of a remote British Overseas Territory with no permanent population. It sits on the edge of the Southern Ocean over 900 miles northeast of the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula and almost 900 miles east of the Falkland Islands.

Its history reads like a list of offenses against nature, including commercial sealing, commercial whaling and the introduction of nonnative species, including rats and reindeer.

Now that hunting is history and the invasive mammals have been eradicated, Ms. Poncet and her colleagues are witnessing a remarkable ecological recovery. The scientific literature delivers a muted version of it, but in listening to the scientists — who are driven by data and not prone to hyperbole — their joy and wonder comes tumbling out. Among the terms they used to describe the island’s revival: “miraculous,” “spectacular,” “really emotional,” and “a beacon of hope.”

Of course, in the era of climate change, nothing is that simple. But the rebirth of this island is readily observable. All you have to do is listen.

Sealing and whaling ended largely for commercial reasons; later, the practices were banned. The only all-island fur seal census took place in 1991, about 200 years after the peak of the fur sealing era, and the estimate was 1.5 million animals. Today, that number is likely between three and six million and still rising. Southern elephant seals, last surveyed in the ’90s, are estimated to be stable at 400,000 animals. These populations are coming back on their own; our role is to stand back and let it happen, which includes protecting their food sources such as krill and squid.

A young southern elephant seal lounges amid the decaying infrastructure at Grytviken, a onetime whaling station.

A wandering albatross with its chick on Prion Island, a small island two miles from South Georgia’s north coast.

The South Georgia pipit, the island’s only songbird, has experienced a remarkable recovery in the wake of a monumental rat-eradication project.

An inquisitive southern elephant seal pup lounges in the surf.

A trio of king penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) march in front of a few of South Georgia’s imposing peaks.

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A pair of Northern giant petrels (Macronectes halli) in Elsehul Bay, South Georgia

by Gregory "Slobirdr" Smith

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