08-JAN-2014
Cuverville Island
Here is the Cuverville Island - Antarctic Treaty Visitor Site Guide.
Cuverville Island - Antarctic Treaty Visitor Site Guide is copyrighted material of the Antarctic Treaty Secretariat (ATS).
http://www.ats.aq/e/ats_other_siteguidelines.htm
09-JAN-2014
Gentoo Penguins on Cuverville Island
Cuverville Island had a lot more fresh snow than usual and it was causing some disruption and delay to the Gentoo Penguins preparing their nests and laying eggs.
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Gentoo Penguin
It is always fun to watch Penguins deal with fresh snow and rebuld their "Penguin Highways."
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Gentoo Penguin in the ice filled water
It is fun to watch any of the Penguins enter or leave the water. They waddle on land, but they can swim like rockets in the water.
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Two Gentoo Penguins
The snow makes the colors on the Gentoo Penguins really pop out.
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Gentoo Penguin walking through the snow
Gentoo Penguin working through the new snow in the Penguin Highway.
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Gentoo Penguin Colony
The fresh snow had stressed and delayed the Gentoo Penguin colony from finishing their nests and laying their eggs.
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Icebergs floating near Cuverville Island
Another incredibly blue colored iceberg.
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Gentoo Penguin walking in the snow
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Three Gentoo Penguins walking in the snow
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Gentoo Penguin walking in the snow
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Weddell Seal
This Weddell Seal was hauled out on a snow covered spit of the Antarctic Peninsula next to Cuverville Island.
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