Temperature 3oC/37oF.
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| Daption capense/Cape Petrels bob in the water as the Zodiacs load for a cruise and landing on Half Moon Island, an island in the South Shetland Islands |
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| The cape petrels as seen from the Zodiac |
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| The volcanic bedrock of Half Moon Island seems to indicate it is a partial caldera of an old volcano |
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| Buildings of the Argentine Cámara Base, not yet open for the season |
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| Ruins of a whaling dory |
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| Quark Expeditions passengers at stone formations (KSS) |
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| There is a colony of Pygoscelis antarcticus/ Chinstrap Penguins (KSS) |
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| Most of the Chinstrap penguins appeared to be on the move |
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| Buellia spp (black lichen) perhaps |
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| Caloplaca spp (yellow lichen) |
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| Moss |
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| A Chinstrap penguin |
(KSS)
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| Chinstrap penguins on their way back from the sea followed a penguin highway, but kept stopping to preen |
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| This Chinstrap has a more prominent "chin strap" (KSS) |
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| Another limpet shell |
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| A broken penguin egg shell |
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| This time they had us scrub our pant legs and boots before reboarding the Zodiacs to return to the ship |
Next: Deception Island.
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