2019: A year of polar adventures photos
If you overhear someone say, "It's been a good year," they're probably a farmer or financier or maybe even a wine producer.
But we think polar tour operator should be added to that list, because 2019 was one of Oceanwide's best years for many reasons: Our new ship Hondius set out on its first polar voyage, and for the third year in a row we flew passengers to the rarely visited emperor penguin colony on Snow Hill Island.
Not a bad vintage, if we do say so ourselves.
So we decided to throw together a few photos from the 2019 expedition calendar. Not every great photo taken that year could be included, of course, but we selected a balance of scenes we felt were representative of the last twelve months - one from every trip log.
We hope you enjoy them, and may you share many more with us in 2020.
1. Cuverville kayaking (OTL25-19)
Image by Tanja Bayer
2. Curious orca, social seals (OTL26-19)
Image by Werner Kruse
3. Spigot Peak scenery (OTL27-19)
Image by Mal Haskins
4. Whale fluke on the Drake (PLA26-19)
Image by Regis Perdriat
5. Domestic dispute (OTL30-19)
6. Camping with a view (PLA27-19)
7. Antarctic outing (PLA28-19)
8. School of kings (OTL31-19)
Image by Pippa Low
9. Taking the plunge (PLA29-19)
10. Leopard in the limelight (OTL32-19)
Image by Pippa Low
11. Neko Harbor vistas (PLA30-19)
12. Iceberg peephole (OTL33-19)
13. Visitor from below (PLA31-19)
14. Kittiwakes over the icepack (PLA04-19)
15. Polar bear on the prowl (PLA05-19)
16. Positively glacial (PLA06-19)
17. Puffin puffing up (HDS03-19)
18. Zodiac among the bergs (HDS04-19)
Image by Tobias Brehm
19. Can I help you? (PLA07-19)
Image by Melissa Scott
20. Reticent reindeer (HDS05-19)
Image by Meike Sjoer
21. Surfacing harp seals (HDS06-19)
Image by Melissa Scott
22. The lay of Lilliehook (PLA 09-19)
23. Clever like an Arctic fox (HDS07-19)
24. Hot chocolate the polar way (HDS08-19)
Image by Meike Sjoer
25. Dinner (HDS09-19)
26. Dessert (PLA14-19)
27. Scatters of Spitsbergen (HDS11-19)
Image by Pippa Low
28. Scanning for seals (PLA15-19)
29. Great peaks of Greenland (PLA16-19)
30. Eyeing the ice formations (HDS15-19)
Image by Sandra Petrowitz
31. Jabot Peak panorama (OTL-21-19)
Image by Jonny Baird
32. Otherworldly Antarctica (PLA22-19)
Image by Daniel Hoehne
33. One happy family (OTL22-19)
Image by Pippa Low
34. Energetic Adélies (PLA23-19)
35. Quintessential Zodiac cruising (PLA24-19)
36. Band of blue-eyed shags (HDS23-19)
37. Campsite scenery (OTL24-19)
38. Huffing humpback (HDS24-19)
Image by Neill Drake
39. Shipload of happiness (HDS25-19)
Image by Neill Drake
40. En route to the polar regions (PLA25-19)
Title image by Ian Rudkin