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Antarctica Expedition Cruise
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10-20
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lsle of Penguins - Cuverville Island and more |
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Gentoo Penguins at Paradise
Harbour on 17 February |
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VIDEO: Cuverville Island Gentoos |
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Cuverville Island has a large
Gentoo Penguin colony. 15 February |
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VIDEO: Gentoos and Skuas |
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South Polar Skuas were more numerous than the few
Brown Skuas. The relationship between penguins and skuas is
documented in the video. We saw this cautious relationship Gentoo
Penguins have with South Polar Skuas, which live among the penguins,
but are predators on penguin eggs and young when they are small
chicks. Cuverville Island on 15 February 2018. |
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Molting Gentoo at Cuverville
Island on 15 February 2018. |
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Adult feeding young on
Cuverville Island. 15 February 2018 |
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Gentoos were very vocal.
Cuverville Island on 15 February 2018. |
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These fluffy young Gentoos were among many that
still need to molt into a new waterproof coat before winter sets in.
Cuverville Island on 15 February 2018. |
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VIDEO: Fort Lockroy Interactions of penguins, people and sheathbills
in Antarctica on 17 February 2018. |
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Coming ashore at Fort Lockroy |
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Sign at Port Lockroy. |
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Snowy Sheathbills are the only landbird breeding in Antarctica. They
live among penguins, seabirds and fur seals. Not having webbed feed,
they cannot feed in the ocean. They are proficient scavengers. Port
Lockroy on 17 February 2018. |
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