January 12, 2024 - Our first Penguin

 

If you blink, you could potentially miss both sunrise and sunset. We called it an evening around 11:30PM last night and still had daylight. This morning, Sheryl woke up at 2:30AM to this sunrise. 

Today, we're heading to Snow Hill Island

Sort of looks like Skull Island from the King Kong movie

And this will be our ride to and from the ship for the next 7 days. Today, we don't set foot on land but get a tour by Zodiak. We are on the search for the Emperor Penguin, the largest penguin in the world. We were warned that the chance of seeing one was not likely as they typically are further south this time of year.


However, today was our lucky day. We were just about to head back to the ship when our guide spotted this little fellow. He is a juvenile Emperor penguin (4 or 5 months old), so he doesn't have his orange and red colouring yet around the head, neck and breast. Once fully grown, this fellow could weigh up to 100 pounds and be 4 feet tall.


So long little fellow.


Back on board, we took a group photo before getting changed for dinner
Back row left to right
John, Victor, Lori, Brian, Tate, Mathew, Cheryl, Megle, Sheryl, and Scott
Front row left to right
Kelly, Nan, and Michell
Missing
Brad, Alycia, John, Andrew and Kelly


One last photo from our balcony before dinner.


It's impossible to take a bad photo in Antarctica.


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