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
View from Red Rock Ridge
Adelie Penguins
Adelie Penguin
Adelie Penguin
with chicks
At this stage, parents leave their chicks in a “creche” and go out to sea to feed.
Chicks are “fledging” meaning that their adult feathers are coming in.
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.
On the job
Pebbles
Male Fur Seal
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