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Carcass Island landscape
Magelan penguins
Magelan geese
Skua
A site near the McGill farm, which reminded me of the American painter Andrew Wyeth!
Mr. McGill, the happy, self-reliant and hospitable gentleman-farmer of Carcass Island. “Pour vivre heureux, vivez cachés!”
Despite its name, Carcass is a small, wind-swept and very scenic island on the far north-western end of the Falklands archipelago. It boasts a great variety of wildlife. It takes its name from HMS Carcass, which, along with HMS Jason, established Port Egmont on Saunders Island in 1765-67.
The only inhabitants are a farmer’s family, the McGill’s of Scottish descent, living on the island (10kms by 4 kms in size!). The dominant vegetation is high tussock grass. The only trees on the island are a few Monterey cypresses, serving as windbreakers around the McGill homestead.
All photos taken with NIKON D200, 24-120mm lens.