Site Report: South Georgia Island - Stromness

Gentoo Penguin (Pygoscelis papua)

Antarctic Fur Seal (Arctocephalus gazella)

South Georgia Shag (Leucocarbo georgianus)

Abandoned Whaling Station

2021-11-30: Next visit was to visit some waterfall that Shackelton visited. For those who don't know the story, Shackelton skipped World War I to go and try to be the first to the South Pole. Instead, they were more or less unprepared and drifted around Antarctica for awhile. Eventually, Shackelton was forced to risk everything to save the crew, and he barely and luckily succeeded. So basically the guy who gets you arrested but also bails you out of prison. In the meantime, his support crew died waiting for them on the other side of Antarctica.

Kingdom: Animals (11 records)

Phylum: Chordates (11 records)

Class: Birds (9 records)

Order: Anseriformes (1 record)
- Family: Swans, Geese, and Ducks
- Yellow-billed Pintail (Anas georgica)

Order: Pelicans (4 records)
- Family: Cormorants
- South Georgia Shag (Leucocarbo georgianus)
- Family: Jaegers and Skuas
- Brown Skua (Stercorarius antarcticus)
- Family: Penguins
- King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus)
- Gentoo Penguin (Pygoscelis papua)

Order: Shorebirds and Allies (1 record)
- Family: Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
- Antarctic Tern (Sterna vittata)

Order: Tubenoses (3 records)
- Family: Shearwaters and Petrels
- Southern Giant-Petrel (Macronectes giganteus)
- Northern Giant-Petrel (Macronectes halli)
- White-chinned Petrel (Procellaria aequinoctialis)

Class: Mammals (2 records)

Order: Carnivorans (2 records)
- Family: Otariidae
- Antarctic Fur Seal (Arctocephalus gazella)
- Family: Phocidae
- Southern Elephant Seal (Mirounga leonina)