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Salisbury Plain and Fortuna Bay, South Georgia Island

Salisbury Plain Our first landing at South Georgia is at Salisbury Plain, the site of a large King Penguin colony of 250,000 pairs. The forecast is for 8 degrees Celsius in the morning and 7 […]

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Fortuna Bay and Hercules Bay, South Georgia

We arrive at Fortuna Bay early in the morning – around 7.30am, after a night where the starboard side port hole covers were deployed due to the size of the waves crashing on the windows.  […]

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St Andrews Bay & Hercules Bay, South Georgia

Another 5am start today, landing at St Andrews Bay in the half light for sunrise at 6.36am. St Andrews Bay is home to more than 150,000 pairs of king penguins, and around 8000 elephant seals. […]