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Route of 10/18 - 11/14/2016 Expedition to Iguazu Falls, Falklands, South Georgia and Antarctic Islands	Entrance to Vizcaya Mansion, Miami	Vizcaya Mansion from Biscayne Bay, Miami
Iguana at Vizcaya Mansion, Miami	Vizcaya Mansion and Venetian Dock, Miami	Reflecting pond, Vizcaya Garden, Miami
Lily pond, Vizcaya Garden, Miami See Video	Lily pond, Vizcaya Garden, Miami	Interior of Vizcaya Mansion, Miami
Indoor section of swimming pool, Vizcaya Mansion, Miami	Outdoor section of swimming pool, Vizcaya Mansion, Miami	Orchid garden, Vizcaya Mansion, Miami
Trail map, Iguazu Falls, Argentina	The Devil's Throat, Iguazu Falls, Argentina See Video	San Martin Falls, Iguazu, Argentina My painting
San Martin Falls and Island, Iguazu Falls, Argentina	Bruce at San Martin Falls, Iguazu Falls, Argentina	Mist rising from San Martin Falls, Iguazu Falls, Argentina See Video
View from Hotel Amerian Portal del Iguazu of Paraguay (across Parana River at left), Brazil (across Iguazu River top) and Argentina (foreground)	Jewish synagogue, Templo Israelita, near Teatro Colon, Buenos Aires, Argentina	Entrance to opera house, Teatro Colon, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Reception area, Teatro Colon, Buenos Aires, Argentina	Main Hall, Teatro Colon (Opera House), Buenos Aires, Argentina	Panoramic view of Main Hall, Teatro Colon, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Grand staircase, Teatro Colon, Buenos Aires, Argentina	Moreton Bay fig (Ficus macrophylla), Buenos Aires, Argentina	Church of Our Lady of the Pillar in Recoleta, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Doorway of Naval Center, Calle Florida, Buenos Aires, Argentina	Jacaranda trees (Jacaranda mimosa folia) and Torre monumental in Plaza San Martin, Buenos Aires, Argentina	Steel Flower - (Floralis Generica) (75 feet high - closes at night), Buenos Aires - Argentina
‘Pope Francis' blessing crowd in La Boca District, Buenos Aires, Argentina	Casa Rosada, presidential palace (Peron spoke from 2nd floor balcony on left side), Buenos Aires, Argentina	Duarte Family tomb (including Evita Peron), La Recoleta Cemetery, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Evita "Always in the heart of the people of Almirante Brown", La Recoleta cemetery, Buenos Aires, Argentina	Recycler's cart, Montevideo, Uruguay	Monument to José Pablo Torcuato Batlle y Ordóñez, Montevideo, Uruguay
Covered market, Montevideo, Uruguay	Plaza Independencia, Jose Gervasio Artigas' monument, and the Palacio Salvo, Montevideo, Uruguay	Loading huge container ship, "Sara Elena", (150 feet wide, 1100 feet long, carries 107,849 tons), Montevideo harbor, Uruguay
Anchor of the German pocket battleship, "Graf Spee", Montevideo harbor, Uruguay	Voyage of the MS "Expedition", owned by G-Adventures	Penguins that we saw (except for the Emperor, which lives too far south)
Predinner hors d'oeuvres in the main lounge, MS Expedition. Photo by Renato Granieri	My cabin, with clothes drying on the line.	Our bathroom
The "Mud Room", where our heavy boots, parkas and life jackets were stored.	First zodiac landing, West Point Island, Falklands	Long-tail Meadowlark (Sturnella loyca) on West Point Island, Falklands
Striated Caracara (Phalcoboenus australis), West Point Island, Falklands	Rockhopper Penguins (Eudyptes crestatus) and nesting black-browed albatrosses (Thalassarche melanophris), West Point Island, Falklands See video	Rockhopper penguins (Eudyptes crestatus), West Point Island, Falklands
Ground-hugging flowers, West Point Island, Falklands	Young King Penguins (Aptenydotes patagonicua), West Point Island, Falklands	Gentoo Penguins (Pygoscelis papua), West Point Island, Falklands
Two Black-browed Albatrosses (Thalassarche melanophris), West Point Island, Falklands	Rockhopper Penguins (Eudyptes crestatus) and nesting black-browed albatrosses (Thalassarche melanophris), West Point Island, Falklands	Rockhopper Penguins (Eudyptes crestatus) and nesting black-browed albatrosses (Thalassarche melanophris), West Point Island, Falklands
Two Gentoo Penguin (Pygoscelis papua), West Point Island, Falklands	Upland Goose (Chloephaga picta), West Point Island, Falklands	Gentoo Penguin (Pygoscelis papua) colony, Saunders Island, Falklands See video
Rockhopper penguin (Eudyptes crestatus) going down to shoreline, Saunders Island, Falklands See video	Magellanic Penguins (Spheniscus magellanicus) coming ashore on Saunders Island, Falklands	Gypsy Cove and yellow gorse, near Stanley, Falklands My painting
Magellanic Penguin (Spheniscus magellanicus) at Gypsy Cove, Falklands	Gun from war with 1982 Argentina, near Gypsy Cove, Falklands	Rock Cormorants (Phalacrocorax magellanicus) near Gypsy Cove, Falklands
Pale maiden (Olsynium filifolium, formerly Sisyrinchium filifolium), Falkland's national flower, Gypsy Cove, Falklands	A pair of Upland geese, (Chloephaga picta), Stanley, Falklands	Christ Church Cathedral (Anglican), Stanley, Falklands
Arch of blue whale jawbones at Christ Church Cathedral (Anglican), Stanley, Falklands	Inside Christ Church Cathedral (Anglican), Stanley, Falklands	Governor's House, Stanley, Falklands
King Penguins (Aptenydotes patagonicua) at Right Whale Bay, South Georgia	A posing King penguin (Aptenydotes patagonicua) at Right Whale Bay, South Georgia	King penguins (Aptenydotes patagonicua) cooling off at Right Whale Bay, South Georgia See video
Antarctic Fur Seals (Arctocephalus gazella) at Right Whale Bay, South Georgia	Parade of King penguins (Aptenydotes patagonicua) at Right Whale Bay, South Georgia See video	Southern Giant Petrels (Macronectes giganteus) feeding on a King penguin, Right Whale Bay, South Georgia See video
South Georgia Pintails (Anas georgica), Right Whale Bay, South Georgia	King penguin (Aptenydotes patagonicua) feeding its chick at Right Whale Bay, South Georgia	Antarctic Fur Seal (Arctocephalus gazella) at Right Whale Bay, South Georgia
Elephant seals mating at Rosita Bay, South Georgia See video	Approaching Salisbury Plain landing site, South Georgia See video	Unloading zodiacs at Salisbury Plain, South Georgia See video
Male southern Elephant Seal (Mirounga leonina), Salisbury Plain, South Georgia	King penguins (Aptenydotes patagonicua) cooling off at Salisbury Plain, South Georgia	King penguins (Aptenydotes patagonicua) cooling their feet at Salisbury Plain, South Georgia See video
Having ice cream on the back deck at South Georgia	A snowy (or Pale-faced) sheathbill (Chionis alba) on a zodiac onboard MS Expedition at South Georgia	Our ship, MS Expedition, from Prion Island, South Georgia
Climbing the stairs to top of Prion Island, South Georgia	Nesting southern giant petrel (Macronectes giganteus) at top of Prion Island, South Georgia	Our ship, MS Expedition, from Prion Island, South Georgia See video
An Antarctic Fur Seal (Arctocephalus gazella) sleeping near top of Prion Island, South Georgia	Grave of explorer Ernest Shackleton (1874 - 1922), Grytviken, South Georgia	A traditional toast with Irish whiskey at Shakleton's grave, Grytviken, South Georgia. Photo by Renato Granieri
Remains of whaling station at Grytviken, South Georgia	Old whale boat and Southern Elephant Seal (Mirounga leonina) at Grytviken, South Georgia	Beached whale-catcher, "Petrel" at Grytviken, South Georgia
Southern Elephant Seal (Mirounga leonina) sleeping on old whaling equipment at Grytviken, South Georgia	The Whalers' Church (1913) at Grytviken, South Georgia	Inside the Whalers' Church (1913) at Grytviken, South Georgia
Mounted wandering albatross (9-foot wingspan) (Diomedea exulans), Grytviken Museum, South Georgia	Replica of Ernest Shackleton's 23-foot long boat, "James Caird" (which he sailed 800 miles with 5 crew) , in museum, Grytviken, South Georgia	A steam-powered whale bone saw outside South Georgia Museum, Grytviken
King penguins (Aptenydotes patagonicua ) at Grytviken, South Georgia My painting	Male elephant seals (Mirounga leonina) at St. Andrews Bay, South Georgia	Weather report, predicting high winds and rough seas in Drake Passage
Tabular icebergs near Antarctic Sound	Tabular iceberg at sunset near the Antarctic Sound	Iceberg at sunset near the Antarctic Sound
View from above of Zodiacs loading at Fast Ice near Snow Hill Island See video	Progress of ship MS Expedition stopped by fast ice near Snow Hill Island	Blocks of fast ice breaking loose near Snow Hill Island See video
Zodiacs landing on fast ice near Snow Hill Island	Leaning into the wind on fast ice near Snow Hill Island	Hearty travelers on fast ice near Snow Hill Island. Photo by Renato Granieri
Condition of different types of ice around Antarctic peninsula	Adélie Penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae) on Paulet Island See video	Loading zodiacs at Paulet Island See video
Icebergs near Astrolabe Island My painting, See video	Antarctic Blue-eyed (or Imperial) shag (Phalacrocorax atriceps), Astrolabe Island	Blue-tinted ice along shore of Astrolabe Island See video
Gentoo penguins (Pygoscelis papua) coming ashore on Astrolabe Island See video	Sunny day at Cierva Cove, Antarctica See video	Entering Cierva Cove, Antarctica
The Argentine base "Prima Vera" at Cierva Cove, Antarctica	Standing on Antarctica at Cierva Cove	Certificate for landing on Antarctic continent at Cierva Cove
Reboarding zodiacs at Cierva Cove, Antarctica	On zodiac returning to ship in Cierva Cove, Antarctica	Blue-tinted ice floating in Cierva Cove, Antarctica
Blue-hued ice showing through water at Cierva Cove, Antarctica	Zodiac ride back to MS Expedition at Cierva Cove, Antarctic peninsula See video	A curious gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua) on D'Hainaut Island in Mikkelsen Harbor, on Trinity Island See video
Gentoo penguin colony (Pygoscelis papua) courting on D'Hainaut Island in Mikkelsen Harbor, on Trinity Island See video	Gentoo penguins (Pygoscelis papua) occupying a decrepit Argentine refuge hut on D'Hainaut Island in Mikkelsen Harbor, on Trinity Island	Chinstrap Penguins (Pygoscelis antarctica) on beach at Baily's Head, Deception Island
Chinstrap Penguin colony (Pygoscelis antarctica) at Baily's Head, Deception Island See video	Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddellii) at Baily's Head, Deception Island	Entering Whaler's Bay, Deception Island
Abandoned whale oil storage tanks, Whaler's Bay, Deception Island	Abandoned wooden whale boats, Whaler's Bay, Deception Island	Fearless swimmers in water slightly warmed by volcanic vents, Whaler's Bay, Deception Island. Photo by Renato Granieri
Heading up the trail on Half Moon Island My painting	Heading toward chinstrap penguin colony to find "Elvis", a lone macaroni penguin, Half Moon Island	One macaroni penguin (Eudyptes chrysolophus), called "Elvis", in a chinstrap penguin (Pygoscelis antarctica) colony, Half Moon Island
Chinstrap penguin (Pygoscelis antarctica) colony, Half Moon Island See video1 See video2, See video3	Colorful lichens, Half Moon Island	Fin Whales (Balaenoptera physalus) spouting in Drake Passage See video
Humpback Whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) diving in Drake Passage	Pintado/Cape Petrel (Daption capense), a frequent ship follower, in Drake Passage	Cape Horn, Beagle Channel, Chile
Expedition members aboard MS Expedition. Photo by Renato Granieri	Scientific crew, MS Expedition	Performing aboard ship in Polar Bear Bar in Ushuaia, Argentina. Photo by Sue Marshall
Docked at Ushuaia Harbor, Argentina See video	MS Expedition, docked for our last night, at Ushuaia, Argentina	King crab (Lithodes santolla), awaiting a diner in restaurant aquarium, Ushuaia, Argentina
Monument to the police in Ushuaia, Argentina	Common or Scotch broom (Cytisus scoparius), in Ushuaia, Argentina	Inside "Our Lady of Mercy" Catholic church, Ushuaia, Argentina