Wanderlust UK – September 2019

DIDYOU

KNOW?

Famousexplorer

ErnestShackleton

isburiednearby

inGrytviken–you

canlearnmore

abouthisepic

adventuresatthe

localmuseum.

H

adCaptainCookcome

acrossSouthGeorgia’s

SalisburyPlaintoday,

hisinitialverdict–that

theislandwasnot

worththediscovery–wouldbe

alittledi‹erent.Inthepenguin

capitaloftheworld,hundredsof

thousandsofkingpenguinswould

royallygreethim,paradingdown

thetightlypackedshore.

Theonlywayintothispenguin

paradiseisviasub-Antarcticcruises.

HeadtoshoreinZodiaccrafts

toexplorethewindsweptGrace

andLucasGlaciersandmeetthe

three-foot-tallthrongofsquawking

orange-billedbirdsontheteeming

beachesthattheyseemingly

monopolise–thoughsharp-eyed

visitorscanalsoglimpsefurseals

andalbatrosses.

VisitfromNovembertoMarch

forafront-rowtickettotheking

penguin’sbreedingperformance.

EggsarelaidinNovember,and

youcanseethechickshatchfrom

aroundJanuary,moultingabout

sixweekslater.Andwhilevisitors

mustnotapproachSalisburyPlain’s

famousfeatheredoccupants,

thepenguinsthemselveshaven’t

necessarilyhadthesamememo.

Penguins, South Georgia

Penguin capital

Hundreds of

thousands of king

penguins congregate

on South Georgia’s

Salisbury Plain

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54° 3′ S, 37° 21′ W

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