Mt Sugartop, 7623ft
Camp high above the Lyell glacier
The coast of northeast South Georgia
Cumberland East Bay
View from the ridge of Mt Duse
Sunrise shadows
Mt Paget, 9625ft
Mt Roots, 7483ft
Mt Nordenskjold, 7725ft.
Blowing snow on the hills above Pesca
Mt Sugartop, 7623ft
Mt Sugartop, 7623ft
Mt Sugartop, 7623ft, and the Hamberg Icefall
Close-up of the Hamberg Icefall
Glacier Col and the mountains at the south end of the Allardyce range
Peak 5555 and Marikoppa, 6038ft
Cumberland West Bay
Cumberland East Bay and the Nordenskjold glacier
Harker and Hamberg glaciers flowing down into the head of Moraine Fjord
Harker and Hamberg glaciers flowing down into the head of Moraine Fjord
On the lower section of the Hamberg glacier
The lower route back from the head of Moraine Fjord
The snout of the Lyell glacier, Cumberland West Bay
On the Lyell glacier
Summit of Mt Hodges, 1985ft
Summit of Mt Hodges, 1985ft
Duse ridge
Duse ridge
Above Echo Pass
Above Echo Pass
On Glacier Col
Above the Lyell glacier
Looking down towards Cumberland West Bay
On the edge!
Mt Sugartop, 7623ft
Ski track
Ski track, above Gull Lake
Ascent to Maiviken Col
Waxing ski for the descent
Snow slope
Ridge of Mt Duse, Moraine Fjord behind DW
Above the Lyell glacier
Summit of Echo Pass
Maiviken lakes
Mt. Roots 7483ft
View looking across the still frozen Penguin River (elephant seals begining to haul out) along the flat plain of Hestesletten to the Hamberg Icefall an overflow of the Hamberg glacier which flows down into the head of Moraine Fiord
I had the pleasure of a few days 'back-packing' with the Combined Services Expedition in 1965
RRS Shackleton - meat supply for King Edward Point!
Cumberland East Bay, sunrise
Telephoto shot from KEP south peak Mt Paget 9565ft at left.
Orographic cloud - the first tendrils of cloud on the highest peaks of the Allardyce range heralding the approach of bad weather.
Mt Roots towers above the upper ice-fields of the Nordenskjold glacier.
Early winter, the Hamberg Lakes at the head of Hestesletten already well frozen.
(L to R) The Lyell, Geikie and Neumayer glacier - one of the largest on South Georgia flowing down from the Kohl-Larsen Plateau ice-cap - discharge into Cumberland West Bay.
Mts Brooker, Kling and Nordenskjold at the north end of the Allardyce range. KEP just visible middle distance
This route back along the 'shore' of Moraine Fjord saves an arduous slog back up a 1000ft of lose scree - although it does entail some interesting climbing along sea cliffs.
Lenticular clouds over the mountain.
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Mt Sugartop, 7623ft
View looking across the still frozen Penguin River (elephant seals begining to haul out) along the flat plain of Hestesletten to the Hamberg Icefall an overflow of the Hamberg glacier which flows down into the head of Moraine Fiord