Reminiscing: The Wildlife

One of the things we most enjoy about our polar expeditions is the wildlife encounters.

It's amazing really to see how comfortable the wildlife can be with the presence of a ship or human beings in their domain. Of course, there are strict rules by which we abide to make sure the animals are not stressed by our presence.

Today's reminiscence, probably the last one for this trip, focuses on some of the wildlife we've encountered on our Quark expeditions.

P.S. Let me remind everyone ... there are NO penguins in the Arctic. The one image I included here was taken on South Georgia Island, which was on the Antarctic itinerary of our first Quark expedition in 2007. Were there other wildlife encounters on that trip. Plenty, but since this year's expedition is going to take us north, I decided to only share the one (actually two) photo.Les mer