Neko Harbour

Sunrise, Neko Harbour

Storm Petrel released by Ornithologist Fabrice Genevois

 Gentoo Penguin

This Leopard Seal (below) slithered off and on this floe and all around and under (!) our zodiac.  Large and in charge - affirming its place (BOSS) - and ours.  Leopard seals are second only to Orcas as Antartica's top predators. 

 

Another Leopard Seal - dreaming of its next meal.  Or, if not asleep, opening its mouth as warning to us.

Rod's glacier ice for evening cocktails.

Yours truly is at 16:55 in my very favorite video clip from the entire expedition! 

Sunny and welcoming weather changed quickly... and forced us to retreat. Click here for dramatic offloading of the zodiac.

Check out the WIND at 5:14! (with Zak singing!).

Other posts:

• Robert Swan and 2041
• Ice, Precip, Seasons, Size
• Life - What Lives on Antarctica
• History, Those Before Us
• The Ship