Misty Fjords National Monument Wilderness Area, Alaska
Wild Alaska Escape: Juneau to Ketchikan, June 26, 2021
We found a coastal brown bear feeding on sedges in the meadow. —Jeff Litton, Naturalist/Certified Photo Instructor
Revillagigedo Channel, Alaska
Wild Alaska Escape: Juneau to Ketchikan, June 26, 2021
We left the dock and sailed south through the Revillagigedo Channel under a dappled orange sky. —Jeff Litton, Naturalist/Certified Photo Instructor
Tracy Arm-Ford’s Terror Wilderness Area, Alaska
Wild Alaska Escape: Sitka to Juneau, July 19, 2021
We got up close and personal with one of my favorite glaciers, South Sawyer, this morning. Zodiacs zoomed around ice, and we kept our eyes fixed on this glacier, hoping for a big chunk to fall off the face and splash into the water below. Our patience was rewarded with the “sumdum,” the sight and sound of a glacier when it calves. —Kimberly Baldwin, Naturalist
Seymour Island, Galápagos
Wild Galapagos Escape, July 19, 2021
Blue-footed boobies are born without coloration in their feet. The source of their blue feet is in their diet. When they start feeding on fresh fish, they take in a pigment called carotenoids that turn their feet blue. —Africa Berdonces, Naturalist
(Photo by Patricio Maldonado, Naturalist/Certified Photo Instructor)
Isafjardardjup, Iceland
A Circumnavigation of Iceland, August 7, 2021
Arctic tern feeding chicks. —Stefan Thorgeirsson, Cultural Specialist
Floreana Island, Galápagos
Wild Galapagos Escape, October 3, 2021
Amazing and very rare experience of a dolphin pod coming to our snorkeling site to play and swim with us. —Gianna Haro, Naturalist
(Photo by Joshua Vela, Video Chronicler)
St. Andrews Bay, South Georgia
Antarctica, South Georgia, and the Falklands, November 30, 2021
Penguins as far as the eye can see! The king penguin colony at St. Andrews is reported to have more than a half million birds. —Ralph Lee Hopkins, National Geographic Photographer
Hercules Bay, South Georgia
Antarctica, South Georgia, and the Falklands, November 30, 2021
Antarctic tern hovers above the water feeding on krill in a protected pocket in Hercules Bay. —Ralph Lee Hopkins, National Geographic Photographer
Cumberland Bay, South Georgia Island
Antarctica, South Georgia, and the Falklands, December 1, 2021
The National Geographic Endurance drifts beneath a lenticular cloud set aglow by the waning hours of the day. —Eric Guth, Naturalist/Certified Photo Instructor
Snow Hill Island, Antarctica
Journey to Antarctica: The White Continent, December 14, 2021
Expedition staff checking conditions for walking on sea ice. —Doug Gould, Expedition Leader
(Photo by Steve Morello)
Snow Hill Island, Antarctica
Journey to Antarctica: The White Continent, December 14, 2021
Emperor penguins walking in the very early morning light. —Doug Gould, Expedition Leader
Puerto Los Gatos, Baja California
Baja California: A Remarkable Journey, December 24, 2021
One of the first things you notice are these lithified sand dunes; petrified mounts of sand that extend from the rocks in red and orange hues. —Yann Herrera, Naturalist
(Photo by Gemina Garland-Lewis.)
Barro Colorado Island, Costa Rica
Costa Rica and the Panama Canal, December 25, 2021
White-necked jacobin, a marauder species that dominates the feeding grounds. —Jose Calvo, Naturalist/Certified Photo Instructor
