South Georgia Island in the South Atlantic Ocean is the most important penguin nesting and breeding area on Earth. Surrounded by glaciers and giant ice floes, this imposing 106-mile expanse of ice-capped mountains endures storm winds that exceed 120 miles per hour and is home to bull elephant seals, the wandering albatross and the world's largest population of penguins.

A web site devoted to the isolated islands of the Southern Ocean, including Tristan da Cunha, South Georgia, Marion Island, Kerguelen, Bouvetoya, Gough Island and the Crozet Islands ...