gentoo penguins

Antarctica cruise

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February 20th 2022
Sunday. At breakfast we saw World Navigator, an Atlas ship, nearby, We dropped anchor at Petermann Island in the Wilhelm Archipelago. On one side was a range of steep mountains with a large glacier. On the other was our shore destination, a large field of snow surrounded by rocks populated by many gentoo penguins and some skuas. While boarding the zodiacs to go ashore, a whale surfaced nearby. We ... read more

Antarctica » Antarctica

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Speculation over the existence of a "southern land" was not confirmed until the early 1820s when British and American commercial operators and British and Russian national expeditions began exploring the Antarctic Peninsula region and other areas sou... ... read more