Spert Island, Antarctica
Antarctica and Patagonia: Legendary Ice and Epic Fjords, January 5, 2022
A humpback whale waves a pectoral fin as it surfaces in front of a very excited group of viewers.—Tanish Peelgrane, Naturalist/Expedition Diver
Santa Cruz Island, Galápagos
Wild Galápagos Escape, January 2022
Josh Kilmer-Purcell & Brent Ridge, Guests (instagram: @joshandbrent)
Peter I Island, Antarctica
Journey to Antarctica: The White Continent, January 5, 2022
Our divers, Maya Santangelo and Emmett Clarkin, may be the first people to ever dive here. They found clear waters, full of basalt boulders covered in encrusting algae and invertebrates, with dozens of antarctic rock cod hiding in the niches. Emmett is mesmerized by the gentle swimming of a large ctenophore (comb jelly). —Robert Edwards, Naturalist (photo by Maya Santangelo)
Deception Island, Antarctica
Journey to Antarctica: The White Continent, January 6, 2022
Black dots are penguins going to the ocean to get their breakfast; white dots are penguins returning with full stomach to feed their chicks. —Sergei Pomonarenko, Naturalist
Coiba Island Marine National Park, Costa Rica
Common black hawk, Buteogallus anthracinus. —Mauricio Tomala, Naturalist (photo by Frank Simms)
Bahia Agua Verde, Baja California, Mexico
Exploring the Sea of Cortez: A Living Sea & Desert Isles, January 9, 2022
Expedition staff at the bow of National Geographic Venture for the first sunrise in the Sea of Cortez. —Jill Niederberger, Naturalist
Drake Passage, Antarctica
Journey to Antarctica: The White Continent, January 9, 2022
Boots splashing into Virkon disinfectant. Today as we crossed the Drake Passage, we prepared for our upcoming adventure by following a strict decontamination process for personal gear. This ensures that we don’t accidentally introduce any foreign, potentially invasive species to the pristine sites we will visit in Antarctica. —Brett Garner, Naturalist/Expedition Diver
Floreana Island, Galápagos
Galápagos Aboard National Geographic Endeavour II, January 10, 2022
Native and endemic plants of the Galápagos have flowers that are predominantly yellow or white. Both colors attract a wider variety of pollinating agents, which are rather rare in the island’s isolated ecosystem. —Gaby Bohorquez, Naturalist
Stonington Island, Antarctica
Journey to Antarctica: The White Continent, January 10, 2022
Two happy travelers enjoying some of the books at Stonington Island. The island was home to the British Antarctic Survey Station E, which was the base of operations for many historic surveying missions on the Antarctic Peninsula in the 1940s. The base was operational until 1975. —Javier Cotin, Naturalist
Half Moon Caye, Belize
Belize to Tikal: Reefs, Rivers & Ruins of The Maya World, January 11, 2022
Beautiful conch shells on the picnic table at Half Moon Caye.—Rachel Crane, Naturalist/Expedition Diver (photo by Jose Calvo)