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Antarctica
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"Free" wine and snacks in our cabin.
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The wandering albatross has an average wingspan of over 10 feet, the largest of any bird!
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Gentoo penguins. By far the most common species we saw.
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My first time mountaineering.
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Our ship, the Plancius.
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Port Lockroy, "The Penguin Postoffice." It used to be a British research station, now it's just a tourist attraction.
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Whale skeleton!
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Alyssa with the amazing sunglasses she borrowed from a Ukrainian woman.
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The HMS Protector supports British operations in Antarctica. It was picking up some of the folks working at Port Lockroy.
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Leopard seal having a stretch.
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The aptly-named chinstrap penguin.
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This is an adolescent that's molting the last of the down they are born with.
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Inside Port Lockroy museum.
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Radio room.
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Old school barometer.
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This machine was used for research about the ionosphere, which lead to advances in high frequency radio.
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These chains were once used by whalers to moor their ships.
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Humpback whale! Sadly I didn't get a good photo of it's tail when it dove.
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More humpback whales.
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A young male fur seal.
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An adélie penguin.
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Alyssa is making friends.
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A crabeater seal.
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Camping in antartica!
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Vernadsky research station was originally built by the British, by was sold to the Ukraine government. When it was still British it was called Faraday station, and played a key role in the discovery of the hole in the ozone layer.
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Climate data collection.
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An imperial shag, which is a type of cormoran. It flies over the water and dives in after fish it sees.
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A weddell seal sleeping.
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This is a salp, which is a little like a jellyfish.
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A brittlestar.
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Abandoned silos on deception island.
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Fur seal giving me the side-eye.
