Sunday, 23 February 2020
Brown Bluff. Plenty of drama as leopard seals and penguins clash.
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| Leopard seals are a fearsome predator in the southern seas, but they can look totally "chill" when sleeping on sea ice. |
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| How close did we get? This photo says it all. (The Zodiacs queued up to get this view.) |
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| In the water, a leopard seal looks more menacing as its snout emerges from the surface. |
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| A leopard seal makes a meal of a penguin, while a kelp gull flies nearby, waiting for the leftovers. |
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| A gentoo penguin swims in a protected area closer to shore. |
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| An Antarctic fur seal. |
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| On land, penguins ignore the seals. |
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| Gentoo penguins on the move! |
Devil Island.
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| Lon and I took separate hikes on Devil Island. Lon took the hike to the top of the ridge - orange cones mark the path to the top. |
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| I took the shorter hike up to the edge of a glacier. The rocks here were quite interesting. |
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| Gentoo penguins on the ice. |
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| As we walked to and from the Zodiac landing site (at upper right), we had to wade in the water to avoid molting penguins. |
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