Images from the Antarctic Peninsula and South Georgia and photography tips for cold climates.

1. North & South
Images from the
Arctic and Antarctic
Part One: South
Ross Mackenzie, North South Images

2. Antarctic Peninsula
► Politically
neutral
► Small number of
research stations
► Getting
there
 Fly to southern tip of South America
 Boat across Drake Passage

3. Roaring Forties / Furious Fifties

5. Paradise Harbour, Antarctic Peninsula

6. Wilhelmina Bay, Antarctic Peninsula

7. Port Lockroy, Antarctic Peninsula

8. Lemaire Channel, Antarctic Peninsula

9. Blue Ice, Neko Harbour, Andvord Bay, Antarctic Peninsula

10. Almirante Brown Base, Paradise Harbour, Antarctic Peninsula

11. Port Lockroy, Antarctic Peninsula

12. Snowy Sheathbills, Paradise Harbour, Antarctic Peninsula

13. Chinstrap Penguin, Half-Moon Island, South Shetland Islands

14. Adelie Penguin, Petermann Island, Antarctic Peninsula

15. Adelie Penguins & Blue-eyed shag, Petermann Island, Antarctic Peninsula

16. Chinstrap Penguins, Half-Moon Island, South Shetland Islands

17. South Georgia
► British!
► Research
base at
Grytviken
► Lots of old
whaling stations
► Getting
there
 Fly to Falkland Islands
 Boat across Scotia Sea

21. Orca, off north coast, South Georgia

22. Prince Olav Harbour, South Georgia

23. Bayard, Ocean Harbour, South Georgia

24. Fur Seal, South Georgia

25. Whale-catcher “Petrel”, Grytviken, South Georgia

26. Grytviken whaling station - Museum, South Georgia

27. Shackleton‟s Grave, Grytviken, South Georgia

28. King Penguins, Salisbury Plain, South Georgia

29. King Penguins, Salisbury Plain, South Georgia

30. King Penguins, Salisbury Plain, South Georgia

31. Juvenile King Penguin, Fortuna Bay, South Georgia

32. King Penguins, Fortuna Bay, South Georgia

33. King Penguins, Fortuna Bay, South Georgia

34. Imperial Cormorants, Cooper Bay, South Georgia

35. Light-mantled Sooty Albatross, Gold Harbour, South Georgia

36. King Penguins and Fur Seals, Gold Harbour, South Georgia

37. King Penguins, St Andrews Bay, South Georgia

38. King Penguins, St Andrews Bay, South Georgia

39. King Penguins, St Andrews Bay, South Georgia

40. King Penguins, St Andrews Bay, South Georgia

41. King Penguins, St Andrews Bay, South Georgia

42. Cold Photography
►
Keep warm
 Hat
 Fingerless gloves
 Lots of layers
► Spare
batteries in inside pockets
 Swap them during the day
► Stay
►
outside
Until you‟ve finished

43. Practical Photography
►
Cameras + water = bad
 + salt water = v. bad
►
Three cameras
 2 DSLRs (Nikon D200/D700)
►
►
Same batteries/CF cards
Long lens / wide lens
 Waterproof compact (AW100)

45. Practical Photography
►
Always keep cameras set up ready
 04:00 whale/bear call
►
Always shot in RAW / under expose
 Lighting can be harsh during day
 Better at „night‟
►
Take a lot of memory cards
 Don‟t wait until they‟re full to swap

46. People
►
Capturing Wilderness
 Illusion?
►
Travelling Companions
 Who invented yellow
goretex?
 Team work

51. People

52. Travel Logistics
None of these places easy (or cheap) for
independent travel
► Small number of specialised ship operators
►
 Quark / Exodus
 Oceanwide
► Small
boats
 As small as you can afford
 < 100 in south

53. Questions
► For
more information about travel and
photography in cold remote places contact
► ross@northsouthimages.co.uk
► www.northsouthimages.co.uk