Sunday, 1 March 2020
Prion Island is a small islet in the Bay of Isles on the north shore of the western end of South Georgia. It's directly across the mountains (and glaciers) from Peggotty Camp on King Haakon Bay where Shackleton landed on South Georgia (and began his trek to Stromness). Prion Island is known for its black-browed albatross nests, and in recent years has also had a growing fur seal colony.
This turned out to be our last day on South Georgia. We skipped a morning excursion planned for tomorrow because the weather was supposed to get really bad. (And it did. The wind gusts were over 75 knots, which would have precluded any excursions and made for very rough seas.)
Prion Island is a small islet in the Bay of Isles on the north shore of the western end of South Georgia. It's directly across the mountains (and glaciers) from Peggotty Camp on King Haakon Bay where Shackleton landed on South Georgia (and began his trek to Stromness). Prion Island is known for its black-browed albatross nests, and in recent years has also had a growing fur seal colony.
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| Only 50 people are allowed on shore at any one time on Prion Island. And you must stay on the boardwalk, which rises 189 steps and about 100 ft to observation platforms. Numerous Antarctic fur seals were on the beach and boardwalk, getting a bit aggressive at times. We were in the third group to go onshore, so the seals had mostly left the boardwalk by the time we arrived. |
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| A black-browed albatross on a nest in the tussock. |
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| A black-browed albatross lands in the tussock. |
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| Looking across the bay to South Georgia. We had a gloriously sunny morning. |
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| Lichens and tussock grass on Prion Island cliffs. |
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| We got close to several right whales on our way back to Fortuna Bay, where we had a choice of afternoon excursions. |
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| Flukes of a right whale diving. |
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| Our afternoon at Fortuna Bay had very different weather - cold, windy, and rainy at sea level, snowing just a bit higher. |
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| Fortuna Bay has a huge colony of ever-photogenic king penguins. |
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| These king penguins are incubating eggs in their brood pouch. Kings have a very long three-year breeding cycle, and the chicks take 14 to 16 months to fledge. As a consequence, unlike other, very seasonal, penguin breeding colonies, a king penguin colony is usually occupied year-round, with a variety of life stages in the colony at any one time. |
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| The king penguin egg is huge, and the shell is thick. This one had been predated by a skua, but the shell was mostly intact. |
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| A skua feeding on a dead penguin. Skuas predate eggs and chicks, but generally not adult penguins. However, a skua will avail itself of any carrion that it comes across. |
This turned out to be our last day on South Georgia. We skipped a morning excursion planned for tomorrow because the weather was supposed to get really bad. (And it did. The wind gusts were over 75 knots, which would have precluded any excursions and made for very rough seas.)
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