Friday, September 12, 2014

Blog Denali National Park, Alaska .2014

First view of the glaciers 
the sky clears up on the Denali (Mac Kinley)
from Mirror Lake, it looks impressive with its 20320'(6194m)
two caribous watch us
and run away
a ptarmigan(lagopède)is ready to change for
its winter plumage
far away a fox runs away
a female brown bear eats a ground squirrel
looks for berries
and comes very close
a caribou in the tundra
and some more
the tundra is colorful
The last day a bull moose(élan male)
 is ready for mating
Flying back, a nostalgic look at Mont Rainer 14409' or 4392m, which I climbed... 25 years ago

Friday, August 15, 2014

Incredible South Georgia

The full circuit!
Ushuaia
Giant petrel
Cape Petrel...
Black eyed Albatros
Salisbury Plains: 60000 King penguins!
Beautiful King Penguin
Mother calling her chick
A rare Black King Penguin
Mum and Chick
Southern Male Elephant Seal: 5 to 6 m. and up to 4000Kg !
Mating with 6 times smaller female
Baby elephant seal nursing
Antarctic male fur seal: 2m and up to 200kg
Shackelton trail
On Shackelton trail
Sunset on the mountain ridge
A good hiking place
Rivalry of Beachmaster and a Sneaker
Gold Harbor
Baby Gentoo penguin with his mum
In zodiac close to the macaroni penguin colony
Our first Macaroni penguin!
Macaroni penguins
Leopard seal can be 5.5m long and reach 600kg.
swimming elephant seal
Drygalski Fyord
Drygalski Fyord
Reindeers left by whalers
Rough sea along the coast