South Georgia in Snow Expedition Announcement September 2027

Today, I am extremely excited to formally announce an all-new expedition to the magnificent South Georgia Island in September of 2027 – One of the world’s greatest wildlife destinations! It has long been a dream of mine to lead an expedition to South Georgia in September. At this time of year, the mountains and landscape will be blanketed in snow, offering a truly extraordinary opportunity to photograph King Penguins in a winter setting!

South Georgia Island, with its precipitous peaks draped in snow and ice, is a place that evokes and inspires the imagination. It is a dramatic Himalayan-style landscape of mountains that plunge almost directly to sea level. It is, as they say, ‘off the charts’ in photographic terms. This unique expedition ventures to this remote sub-Antarctic Island in early September to search for King Penguins amid winter snow.

The main focus of this expedition will be King Penguins, Elephant seals and other local wildlife. In September, the light conditions in South Georgia can be magical. Most commonly, South Georgia expeditions begin in November and run through until March in the Polar summer. With our expedition ship, we will explore in September, before the arrival of the territorial Fur seals and when the landscape is still covered in clean, pristine snow. This time of year offers unique photographic opportunities that most will never experience.

We plan to circumnavigate the island of South Georgia and explore both its east and west coasts. In conditions permitting, we will also photograph the giant icebergs that drift up from the Weddell Sea, as well as explore Drygalski Fjord. Drygalski Fjord is a bay one mile wide, which recedes northwestwards seven miles, entered immediately north of Nattrass Head along the southeast coast of South Georgia. The landscape in this region is breathtaking and not to be missed. In September, the landscape will be bathed in a combination of blue hour and golden light from the sun’s low angle, providing a stunning backdrop for photographing this evocative location.

For this expedition, my company, Wild Nature Photo Travel, has chartered the recently refitted and ice-hardened ship, M.V. Aureum. With a capacity of just 36, we will be an exceptionally small group of photographers for an expedition such as this. The expedition will run for a full two weeks from September 18th until the 2nd of October, 2027 and will begin and end in the Falkland Islands. We expect to have 9 full days in South Georgia, which is a fantastic amount of time to explore the many colonies and world-famous locations such as Saint Andrews, Gould Bay and Salisbury Plain.

Full details on the expedition are now on the website HERE. Twin-Share cabins start from $19,995 USD, and dedicated single cabins are available (while they last). Some cabins are already booked and spoken for, so please reach out if you have a specific cabin in mind. This is truly an expedition of a lifetime, not to be missed.