Welcome to Antarctica
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Icebergs in Lemaire Channel
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Most trips to Antarctica get as far south as the pensinula…
we went a wee bit further…
from Chile to New Zealand!
we went a wee bit further…
from Chile to New Zealand!
Adélie Penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae) on Petermann Island, 10 Dec 2009
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Imperial Shags (Phalacrocorax atriceps) on Petermann Island, 10 Dec 2009
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Chinstrap Penguin (Pygoscelis antarcticus)
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Near Petermann Island, 10 Dec 2009
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En route to Stonnington Island, 11 Dec 2009
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At Stonnington Island, 11 Dec 2009
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Crabeater Seals (Lobodon carcinophagus) near Stonnington Island
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Peter the 1st Island, 13 Dec 2009
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Peter the 1st Island, 13 Dec 2009
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South Polar Skua (Stercorarius maccormicki)
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Fun facts about the Ross Ice Shelf?
It’s 15-50 meters high, 600 kms long, and 487,000 sq kms in area. Most (90%) of it is below sea level. A big chunk (31,000 sq km) broke off from it in March 2000.
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It’s 15-50 meters high, 600 kms long, and 487,000 sq kms in area. Most (90%) of it is below sea level. A big chunk (31,000 sq km) broke off from it in March 2000.
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“Awesome” is a word that seems to fit here…
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Inside Robert Falcon Scott’s 1910-1911 hut. This was the base for his expedition to the pole, an effort which resulted in his death.
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The boss…and Heather’s grandfather!
It’s like they left just yesterday…
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More Adélie Penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae)
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McMurdo Station is US research station that studies the Ross Ice Shelf. Established in 1956 in time for the International Geophysical Year (1957), its population numbers ~1000 in summer, and ~200 in winter. There are 4 months of complete darkness in winter
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Woa!
This isn’t something you see every day…
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This isn’t something you see every day…
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More locomoting Adélies…
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“Shackleton named a glacier tongue and the glacier that fed it after my grandfather. I stayed up till 1.30am to try and see it”
Seriously…how cool is that?
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Seriously…how cool is that?
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Emperor Penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) at Cape Washington
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Now this is what I call birding…
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Young Emperor Penguins (Aptenodytes forsteri)
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At Cape Washington
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Christmas Day at Halkett Bay, 2009
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This is what 250,000 pairs of Adélie Penguins looks like. Cape Adare, Boxing Day, 2009
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Inside the Borchgrevink BNAE hut (1898) – the first expedition to overwinter in Antarctica
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Crest on ship’s bow
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Well done Heather!
Heather Harbord – “Epic Antarctica”
by Andrew Bryant, 22 Feb 2018.
A scheduled speaker’s non-appearance threatened doom – until quick-witted Heather Harbord decided to take us all out instead – to Antarctica!
So. After a short pause, all went swimmingly well. Penguins, orcas, ice. More penguins, more ice, and then, alas…
the dreaded technical glitch…
So we only got to see a portion of her slides. Heather, of course is a trooper who’s experienced such things before, so she gamely carried on, regaling us with her alternatively funny, poignant, and just just amazing tales.
A quarter of a million pairs of penguins – seriously?
Enjoy!