As some of the longtime members of this board may recall, we had a substantial Seamail thread from POP, the Hanseatic cruise in Antarctica back in 2007. The landing at Salisbury Plain was one of the highlights of the trip. Here is the message that I sent from the ship:

Saturday, Jan. 27 - South Georgia Island -

(with sincere apologies to Alfred, Lord Tennyson):

Penguins to the right of them.
Penguins to the left of them.
Penguins in front of them
Tweetered and chattered.
So onto the great plain of Kings
Strode the brave POOPsters.
And on this bright morn,
On fair Salisbury Plain,
We have met the Kings;
And we are theirs.


Yes, indeed, ladies and gentlemen and kiddies of all ages, today we all fulfilled our fantasies of walking among the King penguins. That is for most of us one of the primary purposes of taking this itinerary. We were not disappointed. It was magical - they entirely captured our hearts.