My second trip to Antarctica in 2013 on the Russian reserch vessel Akademik Ioffe included extensive shore time on the South Georgia and Shetland Islands--famous from Sir ernest Shackleton's failed expedition in 1914--and close interaction with the teeming wildlife that exists in these locations. Up close, millions of penguins, thousands of fur and elephants seals all allowing us--reluctantly-to share their beaches.