by Audrey Benedict | Jun 23, 2020 | ePostCards
ePostcard #66: Shackleton’s Endurance “We all have our White South.”Ernest Shackleton The harrowing tale of British explorer Ernest Shackleton’s Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1914–1917) has haunted me for nearly 40 years. Most historians regard it as the...
by Audrey Benedict | Jun 21, 2020 | ePostCards
ePostcard #65: Tern, Tern Tern! Turn! Turn! Turn!To every thing there is a season, A time to be born, and a time to die.A time to mourn, and a time to heal. A time to break down, and a time to build up.A time to weep, and a time to laugh,A time to embrace, and...
by Audrey Benedict | Jun 17, 2020 | ePostCards
ePostcard #64: Albatross Morning (South Georgia) Albatrosses are some of the most iconic species in the Southern Ocean, but they also serve as sentinels for the challenges faced by albatross populations worldwide. South Georgia is home to globally significant...
by Audrey Benedict | 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...
by Audrey Benedict | 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...
by Audrey Benedict | 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...
