Sailing the Beagle Channel

Antarctica (scanned from slides)

Folder: Americas
A voyage from Tierra del Fuego to the southern continent on the Akademik Shokalskiy in December 2004

23 Dec 2009

115 visits

Blue-eyed Cormorant

A nesting Blue-eyed Cormorant (Phalacrocorax atriceps) on Wiencke Island, near Port Lockroy. 27 December 2004

29 Apr 2010

98 visits

Snow Petrel

A pure white bird known only from Antarctica

29 Apr 2010

110 visits

Tilted iceberg

The highest point is a couple of hundred feet high - awesome!

29 Apr 2010

105 visits

Tabular icebergs

29 Apr 2010

100 visits

Chinstrap Penguin

29 Apr 2010

90 visits

Iceberg - Antarctica

Yes - the colours really are like that!

29 Apr 2010

83 visits

Old barrels - Deception Island

This is an old whaling station. It is a volcanic area - see its history here - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deception_Island

29 Apr 2010

118 visits

Crab-eating Seal

29 Apr 2010

99 visits

Gentoo Pengin roost

The rocks are stained red with Penguin poo! It stinks of fish...
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