Gold Harbor and St. Andrew's Bay

This was the first of 4 days at South Georgia Island. It ended up being the highlight of the trip. As you can see, there was sooooo much wildlife.

At Gold Harbor, there was a King Penguin colony where over 150,000 of them nesting. These are the guys with the gold neck and ears. The awkward brown ones are juveniles molting their brown feathers. Also in abundant supply were the cute Fur Seals and their playful pups.

Near the beach were lots of Elephant Seals. These are the big boys and the males like to fight a lot while the females just scratch their heads.

In the afternoon we went to St. Andrews Bay for more of the same. Those seal pups are just like dog puppies. But they nip at you. We used ski poles to keep them at bay. If you touch their highly sensitive whiskers, they kind freak out and back off.

Elephant seals video
https://photos.app.goo.gl/auqmhRJzkwuLBtx7A

Gold Harbor photos and videos are here.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/GN33eqHNYdcf6HDe7

St. Andrews Bay photos and videos are here.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/R8nY6DweT8JhEVxq6

And this is the highlight of the trip: a Southern Right Whale sighting on January 10th. It's so rare for one of them to hang out next to a Zodiac, I'm posting it in every footprint.

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