Yesterday we cruised around the Weddell Sea – lots of ice, very beautiful, so otherworldly in a completely blue, gray and white palette. We saw Emperor penguins; you can tell this is an Emperor by its size and the gold at its neck.
The bunches and bunches of penguins are Adelies from a colony on Devil’s Island, I think still in the Weddell Sea. We got to go into the colony itself today. There were thousand upon thousands of penguins, all crammed into one area. Apparently, these guys are very species-specific feeders and very attached to their home nesting area, which sadly bodes quite ill for their future. In the mean time, they are cute as can be. In the picture above they were performing in a Monty Python skit – marching up and down the square. Joel managed to center the entire ship on a 10-foot piece of ice. Most impressive.
Talk about parallel parking. The ship's captain must have lived in New Jersey for a while! you're not updating your blog via satellite are you? That is bad for business;-) Your pictures are absolutely breathtaking, keep em' coming.
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