{"id":475,"date":"2023-12-31T14:12:35","date_gmt":"2023-12-31T20:12:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.luketingley.com\/blog\/?p=475"},"modified":"2024-01-02T20:23:27","modified_gmt":"2024-01-03T02:23:27","slug":"antarctic-south-georgia-trip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.luketingley.com\/blog\/antarctic-south-georgia-trip\/","title":{"rendered":"Antarctic & South Georgia Trip"},"content":{"rendered":"

I recently had the opportunity to spend some time on the Antarctic Peninsula and the South Georgia Islands.\u00a0 Absolutely amazing trip.\u00a0 Was a blast getting to see such massive enviornmental diversity and huge colonies of penguins and seals.\u00a0 Definitely an unforgettable experience!<\/p>\n

Antarctica has this mythic weight.\u00a0 It resides in the collective unconscious of so many people, and it makes this huge impact, just like outer space.\u00a0 It’s like going to the moon. – Jon Krakauer<\/em><\/p>\n

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Kings of South Georgia<\/a> : Prints Available<\/a><\/p>\n

King penguins huddle on the snow on South Georgia Island.<\/p>\n

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\"South<\/a>
Gentoo Gathering<\/a> : Prints Available<\/a><\/p>\n

Gentoo Penguins relaxing as sun peaks out while a storm builds on the horizon creating dynamic light and clouds in the area.<\/p>\n

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\"Gentoo<\/a>
Attack Formation<\/a> : Prints Available<\/a><\/p>\n

Gentoo Penguins porpoising as they travel at sea. On land they’re no very graceful, but in the water they really move. It’s amazing watching them shoot out of the water like fighter jets.<\/p>\n

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\"Gentoo<\/a>
The Climb<\/a> : Prints Available<\/a><\/p>\n

Gentoo penguins hike into a snowstorm trying to dissuade them from their journey.<\/p>\n

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\"King<\/a>
Huddle<\/a> : Prints Available<\/a><\/p>\n

King penguins huddle on a rock ledge in the South Georgia Islands.<\/p>\n

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\"Salisbury<\/a>
Colonization<\/a> : Prints Available<\/a><\/p>\n

King Penguin colony at Salisbury Plains South Georgia Island. Hundreds of thousands of King Penguins in a colony on a beautiful plain surrounded by snow capped peaks.<\/p>\n

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\"Gentoo<\/a>
Castaways<\/a> : Prints Available<\/a><\/p>\n

Gentoo and chinstrap penguins hitching a ride on an iceberg in the vicinity of Whatler’s Bay, Antarctica.<\/p>\n

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View more Antarctica images HERE<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I recently had the opportunity to spend some time on the Antarctic Peninsula and the South Georgia Islands.\u00a0 Absolutely amazing trip.\u00a0 Was a blast getting to see such massive enviornmental diversity and huge colonies of penguins and seals.\u00a0 Definitely an unforgettable experience! Antarctica has this mythic weight.\u00a0 It resides in the collective unconscious of so […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[87,91,90,89,88],"class_list":["post-475","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-antarctica","tag-gentoo-penguins","tag-king-penguins","tag-penguins","tag-south-georgia-island"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.luketingley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/475","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.luketingley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.luketingley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.luketingley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.luketingley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=475"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.luketingley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/475\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":482,"href":"https:\/\/www.luketingley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/475\/revisions\/482"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.luketingley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=475"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.luketingley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=475"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.luketingley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}