Sunday was our first full day in Antarctica. Holland America's Antarctica Experience is 4 days o visiting numerous locations to see teh scenery and wildlife. The first day we visit just offshore at Palmer Station which is one of the United State research facilities here. . After that we travelled to the Lemaire Channel see see the sights there. The day was oc=vercats ane the temperature was in the low 30s F.
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| Sunrise starting between the sea and the low clouds |
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| We were presented with a new barrier. They don't want anything that can fall or be blown overboard to go onto the open deck area outside the Lido Restaurant. |
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| A whale blowing |
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| a whale tail. |
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| The back of a whale |
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| A huge iceberg |
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| Two whales |
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| Icebergs and rocks ahead |
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| A penguin rookery |
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| Palmer research station. About 40 people in the summer ans les thsn 20 in winter |
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| More penguins |
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| An Imperial Shag |
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| A large iceberg |
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| Thjat the Captain took us close to |
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| And it calved (a piece broke off and fell into the ocean) |
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| Interesting patterns of floating ice |
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| A pool in an iceberg that was a green algea in it |
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| Penguins on a iceberg |
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| Very clear water so you can seen the iceberg below |
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| More penguins |
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| Caves in an iceberg |
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| Another whale |
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| Two penguins climbing the slope of an iceberg |
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| A penguin rookery but noone home today |
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| Approaching a band of floating ice |
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| A Skua |
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| Penguins jumping onto an iceberg |
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| Leopard seals |
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| Another seal sleeping |
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| The skies cleared later in the afternoon and we could see the sun |
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| Sunshine reflecting off the distant mountains. |
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