January is the heart of summer in Antarctica. We still expected severely cold weather and were surprised by mild 35 degree sunny days with little wind.
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- The National Geographic Explorer, with 140 guests and 100 crew, was our home for 10 days.
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- It’s so hard to describe the smell of penguins. Our group decided “fermented fish vomit” was the closest.
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- National Geographic Traveler’s Director of Photography, Dan Westengren, was on board helping with photos.
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- Mike making an orange fashion statement next to to the penguin’s beak.
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- Mama penguin gorges herself with fish for a day, then swims back and regurgitates it to her chick.
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- This little chick is in search of a parent. If one parent is lost, the chick will likely starve or be eaten by a seal.
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- Singing at the top of his lungs – “this is MY territory”!
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- Evening shot of the ship from the bow. We had the run of the ship, including 3 levels and the bridge.
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- This male penguin is making a cozy nest, one rock at a time, for his beloved.
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- It actually wasn’t as cold as we expected, but we were still grateful for the parkas from National Geographic.
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- Chinstrap penguins squabbling.
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- Skua, a seabird well known for stealing penguin eggs, eyes his prey.
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