For one week in January 2006, I was on the sub-antarctic island of South Georgia in the south Atlantic as part of a Cheesemans Ecology Safaris Antarctic cruise. The island is a mecca for penguin and wildlife enthusiasts and, over the course of 10 landings, we saw half a million penguins of 4 different species as well as albatrosses, whales, fur seals, and elephant seals.

Since I was a staff member and lecturer on the ship, I was constantly studying the behavior of the penguins so that I could incorporate new information and photographs into my bird lectures.

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