We saw Elephant Seals basking in the sun. Bulls can reach 13-17 feet and weigh several tons, and dive to 3000 feet in search of food. You can actually see them blow their breath at each other!
Franz showed us some fossils and artifacts from ancient times. We also saw grass and moss. Green is a
Three juvenile chinstraps: Larry, Mo and Curley??
We saw a large rookery of Chinstrap Penguins with two Macaroni.
One pair of Macaroni Penguins with thousands of Chinstraps.
Inquisitive Albatross.
We saw thousands of icebergs on our way to get our first glimpse of the Antarctic Continent It was surreal to sail through the ice and breathtaking to see the Ice Continent for the first time as we passed through “Iceberg Alley”.
Oops! No, they didn't really “beach” the zodiac on the ‘berg!
The school had an indoor playground.
Our feet are touching the Antarctic continent!
We visited an active Argentine base at Esperanza, which is Hope in Spanish. A combination of scientists and military families live here year round. There were over 20 children who went to our ship for fun, while we visited their community.
Chapel, inside and out.
rare entity here, and the plants are very fragile.
