It is always a thrill for the passengers to cross the Antarctic Circle. At Red Rock Ridge there is an Adelie Penguin colony and some Fur Seals

Moulting adult. Penguins have a “catastrophic moult” and cannot go to sea to feed during this time. In three weeks they lose 50% of their body weight.

Preserved Fur Seal corpse. Temperatures are so cold here for most of the year that decomposition takes a very long time.
February 6, 2017
Miles Hearn