Friendly, curious, and definitely cute with behaviors that were seriously captivating. Penguins watching was a activity that always was over before you wanted it to be.
The youngster in the brown coat was 9 months old. Youngsters will not go into the water until all the brown fur is gone.
Love is monogamous, at least for the season!
The following group of pictures are from South Georgia Island. It was rich with animal life. The colony of penguins below was estimated at 400000. There is no permant human population on the Island.
Hiking on the Antarctica continent
They can't fly to the top. Hopping is the way up.
Only a few lucky got to kayak in the Antartic and I was one. Thankfully when I signed up for the trip they told me to go for it before it sells out. I was offered twice what I paid to sell, but I am only going to be there once.
This is actually a iceberg. They told us it was as large as one of our big states. It is very difficult to comprehend the scale. Seeing it from above would help,
The enormity of this iceberg cannot really be appreciated because there is no reference. Had a person been next to it, its 200+ feet tall wall would have given you that wow! How tall is the wall under the water?
Good bye Antarctica. I loved you so much!