Antarctic, Wednesday 15 November 2023

A day of ice and hike

Our second day our, we got to see more penguins.

The photos on this page are all taken with my Samsung phone. It has an awesome array of cameras.

There is not much to say beyond the photos themselves. Remember that clicking on any of the photos will bring all of the photos into a slide show. You can then click on any of them to enlarge.

I will as usual apologize for the editing in blogger. It is not at all intuitive. Things happen with out rhyme or reason. But it is free, so I don't have much to complain about.

We had a daily update sheet. I was lousy at getting crisp photos, but the info is there if you want it.

Penguins are innately photogenic.

The oil they use to maintain their feathers

gives them a pearlesence

It is hard to explain the enormity of it all

Tobogganing is one of the wonderful forms of
getting around

This photo and the one that follows are of
a giant ice cave.
Often there is a huge chunk that calves
from the interior.

We were required to stay on our "highways"
And usually the penguins stayed on their
own paths.

However, sometimes one has to
step to the side.

These were the rocks at our landing site.

The water is amazingly clear

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