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| 2/5/2015 to 2/27/2015 We flew to the "End of the World" Ushuaia, Terra del Fuego, Argentina with the intent on catching our One Ocean ship, the Akademik Sergey Vavilov, to Antarctica via the Falklands and South Georgia. Our Tropical Birding guide, Andrew Spencer, was very knowledgeable and we were pleased to have him help us identify all we saw. (Click on NEXT PAGE below to go back in time and see Gentoo, Magellanic, Rockhopper and King Penguin colonies.) |
| 2/18/2015 We reach Antarctica at last! Brown Bluffs, Elephant Island, Antarctica: The star of the show here was the Adelie Penguin with an established colony. (More Adelie Penguin on next page.) Also shown: Gentoo Penguin , great Skua , Kelp Gull , Snowy Sheathbill , Southern Giant Petrel , and South Polar Skua checking out our boot! A Leopard Seal was patrolling the ice and we actually saw one catch, shake, and devour one unwary penguin. The scenery was stunning. |
| 2/18/2015 One of our stops was a base set up by Argentina on Antarctica, We saw a wonderful Wilson's Storm Petrel flock feeding in a little bay there but the men there wouldn't let us get closer to photograph them. It was a shame but we still caught the activity from a distance. |