b'soul-stirring journeysSaint Andrews BayThe sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia is Earths true bird paradise. For humans, the only South Georgiaway to get there for a short stopover is via an Antarctic cruise ship from Argentina or Chile.Island, South Saint Andrews Bay on the islands north coast has a mighty rookery of over 150,000 pairs of Atlantic Ocean king penguins on a single beach. In some seasons the beach is a mind-boggling crush.Depending on the time of year, besides penguins, visitors can watch the antics of southern elephant seals, fur seal pups playing tag, or southern giant petrels strolling on the waters edge. In this frigid landscape of glaciers, rock, snow, and ice, an estimated 10 million seabirds, including vast colonies of albatrosses live and thrive.SIDE CREDIT SIDE CREDIT12 \x1a HAYES JARVIS TRUE VOYAGES \x1a 13'