Description: Alf Jacob Nilsen - Fotografi, biologi og reiser
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After our trip to Antarctica in November 2017, we headed for "Islas Malvinas" or the Falkland Islands, in early December.
This remote archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean is a British overseas territory and a nature photographer's paradise. King penguins, rockhoppers, albatrosses and several other species of sea birds occupy remote corners of the islands. The sea flourist with seals and orcas.
The islands were the site for "the Falkland war", starting 2. April 1982, lasting for 74 days killing 907 soilders. A wildlife paradise in a young war zone! Naturally we were excided and hopeful when we entered Latam Airlines flight 895 in Punta Arenas this Saturday morning and headed for Mount Pleasant on East Falkland Island.