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ePostcard #63: Chinstraps on Ice (South Georgia)

ePostcard #63: Chinstraps on Ice (South Georgia)

by | Jun 16, 2020 | ePostCards

ePostcard #63: Chinstraps on Ice (South Georgia)  Chinstrap penguins, and their close relatives the Adélie and gentoo penguins, are members of the brush-tailed genus Pygoscelis. The great antiquity and fossil record of penguins has always intrigued me and I’m hoping...
ePostcard #62: South Georgia Pintail

ePostcard #62: South Georgia Pintail

by | Jun 15, 2020 | ePostCards

ePostcard #62: South Georgia Pintail The endemic South Georgia pintail duck is the world’s most southerly waterfowl species. This beautiful pintail resides on South Georgia and nearby Bird Island year-round and is non-migratory, well-adapted to some of the most...
ePostcard #61: Glaciers in Retreat

ePostcard #61: Glaciers in Retreat

by | Jun 12, 2020 | ePostCards

ePostcard #61: Glaciers in Retreat  Isolated in the Southern Ocean, South Georgia is truly a sentinel at the leading edge of global climate change. South Georgia is known for its ice caps and glaciers, and over the last few million years they have sculpted some of the...
ePostcard #60: Rock Fugue (South Georgia)

ePostcard #60: Rock Fugue (South Georgia)

by | Jun 11, 2020 | ePostCards

ePostcard #60: Rock Fugue (South Georgia)   Shaken, not stirred.—James Bond  To a geologist, rocks are richly-illustrated narratives—stories of deep earth cataclysm and landscape transformation over billions of years. To a biologist, rocks and landforms provide...