Finally, after what seemed like an epic voyage, we sighted land - our first view of the island of South Georgia, where we would be staying for the next five weeks. We soon fell into a filming routine, getting up around 7am and going ashore in our Zodiac inflatable boat at 8. We carried the gear in specially designed waterproof rucksacks, which came in handy with the notoriously unpredictable weather on South Georgia.

Filming took us right through till sunset at 9pm - packed lunches and flasks of hot coffee enabled us to eat and drink in the field, which saved a lot of time, as 'Le Sourire' was often over an hour's hike away from the shoot location. Dinner was served on board the boat at around 10pm and then there was a short time in which to check satellite emails and view the previous day's edited material before falling asleep to the sound of distant seal and penguin calls at around 11pm.

We suffered biting cold, wet feet, rain and snow, acres of penguin droppings and thousands of aggressive fur seals, but every second was worth it to spend a month amongst the jaw-dropping scenery and spectacular wildlife of South Georgia. I hope that through watching 'Penguin Safari' you can enter this world too.