06-JAN-2014
Mountains & Glaciers on Elephant Island
06-JAN-2014
Landing at Cape Lookout, Elephant Island.
We made a Zodiac landing at Cape Lookout on Elephant Island.
Shown is a photograph of a Chinstrap Penguin on the rocks.
There were both a small Chinstrap Penguin colony and a larger Gentoo Penguin colony at the landing site.
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06-JAN-2014
Chinstrap Penguin on snow
06-JAN-2014
Two Chinstrap Penguins on snow
06-JAN-2014
Chinstrap Penguin near glacial ice on the beach
06-JAN-2014
Chinstrap Penguin among the rocks and snow
07-JAN-2014
Sea Ice in the Bransfield Strait
After our landing on Cape Lookout on the afternoon of January 6th, we headed south toward the Antarctic Peninsula via the Bransfield Strait.
We were going to look at possible landing sites along the Antarctic Peninsula for January 7, 2014, however, the sea ice continued to be heavy.
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07-JAN-2014
Astrolab Island
We sailed toward Astrolab Island. A Zodiac reconnaissance by a staff Zodiac found sea ice blocking the landing site.
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