Peterman Island

We retraced our voyage from the heavy pack ice and bergs north anchoring just south of the Lemaire Channel off of Peterman Island. We were able to make a semi-dry landing from the zodiacs by clambering over a few boulders and rocks.



The small red wooden shack on the left is an Argentine emergency supply cache.

Like all the rocky islands, Peterman has several roosting penguin colonies along with the nesting area for blue eyed shags. The largest population are the gentoo penguins.



There were still a number of Adele penguins, too. They hatch earlier then the gentoo and most have returned to the sea. We saw many Adele on the pack ice the day before.



After landing, Paula and I followed Peter Hillary up a glacier for a great view. The trails you see in the snow are penguin trails. In several places the snow has been waddled down several feet.



This picture of Paula with Peter Hillary is for Alan.


We hiked back along the glacier following the penguin trails to the north end of the island to see the blue eyed shag. The views in all directions was breathtaking. We have been extremely important. The crew told they hadn't seen the sun since January 7th.

While working on this posting I just looked out our balcony window and saw a flock of penguins porpoising beside us.


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Location:Penola Strait, Antarctica