Clavero Lake, Peru
 Upper Amazon Aboard the Delfin II, January 29, 2024

Our first full day exploring the Amazon started at Clavero Lake, a blackwater oxbow lake, where we spent time enjoying both gray and pink river dolphins and many birds. —Carlos Navarro, Undersea Specialist
 
Weddell Sea, Antarctica
 Journey to Antarctica: The White Continent, January 31, 2024

A stunning sunrise with a tabular iceberg in the Weddell Sea, Antarctica. —Justin Hofman, Undersea Specialist
 
Cockburn Island, Antarctica
 Journey to Antarctica: The White Continent, February 1, 2024

National Geographic visiting scientists retrieve their sampling instruments during a stunning afternoon cruise around Cockburn Island. —Chelsea Korbulic, Naturalist
 
Santa Cruz Island, Galápagos
Galápagos Aboard National Geographic Endeavour II, February 1, 2024

Santa Cruz giant tortoise enjoying the morning sun. —Omar Adrian, Naturalist
 
Sapodilla Cayes Marine Reserve, Belize
 Wild Belize Escape: Wildlife, Reefs, and Rivers, February 1, 2024

The intricate grove of smooth brain coral. —Rachel Crane, Undersea Specialist
 
Nauta Creek, Peru
 Upper Amazon Aboard the Delfin II, February 2, 2024

We arrived at the very remote lagoon called “Renacal” with a large carpet of floating vegetation, a true paradise for reptiles. —Socrates Tomala, Naturalist/Certified Photo Instructor
 
Macquarie Island, Australia
 Epic Antarctica: From the Peninsula to the Ross Sea & Beyond, February 3, 2024

The swell was small enough to permit a safe landing at the beach while still providing a spectacular setting to photograph and observe penguins commuting to and from the sea, including this fearless royal penguin. —Conor Ryan, Naturalist
 
Floreana Island, Galápagos
 Wild Galápagos Escape, February 4, 2024

Flamingos feeding at the lagoon. —Ramiro Adrian, Naturalist
 
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
 Vietnam and Cambodia: Along The Mekong River, including Angkor and Saigon, February 4, 2024
 
 We came upon the Russey Keo suspension bridge on the Tonle Sap River shortly after sundown. —Linda M. Burback, Naturalist/Certified Photo Instructor
We came upon the Russey Keo suspension bridge on the Tonle Sap River shortly after sundown. —Linda M. Burback, Naturalist/Certified Photo Instructor
 
Kampong Chhnang, Cambodia
 Vietnam and Cambodia: Along The Mekong River, including Angkor and Saigon, February 5, 2024

Our tuk-tuk ride takes us across the farming communities of Kampong Chhnang, where we see traditional crafts, harvesting, and food production. —David Brotherson, Cultural Specialist
 
Magdalena Bay, Baja California, Mexico
 Wild Baja California Escape: The Whales of Magdalena Bay, February 6, 2024

Sunrise over Magdalena Bay, Baja California Sur, Mexico. —Bryan Holliday, Naturalist
 
Bahia Almejas, Baja California, Mexico
Wild Baja California Escape: The Whales of Magdalena Bay, February 6, 2024

On each of our morning and afternoon panga cruises, we saw more than 50 whales and many of the classic behaviors: spyhopping (hundreds of examples, sometimes with two or three in the same photo frame), breaching (eight times), rolling with flukes and/or flippers breaking the surface, logging or “napping,” panga-bumping and panga swim-bys. Many of the spyhopping whales eyed us, as if they were panga-watching while we were whale-watching! —Jim Coyer, Undersea Specialist
 
Mekong River, Vietnam
 Vietnam and Cambodia: Along The Mekong River, including Angkor and Saigon, February 7, 2024

The waters were turned to papaya orange by the sun as it set behind the fishermen in the Tan Chau Canal. —Linda M. Burback, Naturalist/Certified Photo Instructor