So after breakfast we were able to go to cuverville island. Cuverville island, antarctic peninsula, antarctica we are gradually working our way south along the western flanks of the antarctica peninsula. Peter, our expedition leader, had warned us about the weather in the briefing the night before.
Antarctica Photo Story (5) Portal Point, Enterprise
Cuverville island (64º41´00´´s, 62º38´00´´w)in north errera channel, is a 2 km by 2.5 km island off the west coast of antarctic peninsula.
Here was finally the antarctica i’ve been expecting.
12 m/s strong breeze from south west with gusts at 0 m/s. Gentoo penguin tending to its two chicks. My previous post is here, and i’ll give the same introduction (indented). But, we finally saw the penguin colonies like i was expecting to see all along.
Cuverville island is an island located at the entrance of errera channel along the antarctica peninsula.
Cuverville island stands at the entrance of errera channel and is flanked by the precipitous mountains and glaciers of the antarctic mainland. I was really proud of the images members of our tour group produced. The wind was howling, the snow was blowing, it was overcast and cold! Gentoo penguin, pygoscelis papua location:
Yesterday morning we had a visit to cuverville island, a small but magical place i hadn’t visited since 2019.
It was exciting floating, almost silently, between the icebergs in the large bay off the coast of cuverville island. Discovered by the belgian antarctic explorer adrien de gerlache, cuverville island got its name from j.m.a. On arrival, the weather was awful. So, as we peered out our windows, the blowing snow was not unexpected.
View of backlit mountains in the gerlache strait at cuverville island in the antarctic peninsula region.
Comparisons of meteorological local, state, regional, national, and global data in historical perspective to determine trends When we woke up this morning we were expecting foul weather. Photos of gentoo penguins on cuverville island, antarctica. We were told to look for historic whale bones on shore but saw none.
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The weather was bleak and the light cold, but we passed over the calm waters and worked hard to make some really lovely photos from the relative safety of our zodiac. The nest is made of small stones. Interactive weather map allows you to pan and zoom to get unmatched weather details in your local neighborhood or half a world away from the weather channel and weather.com After a great time with the scientists at vernadsky station, we cruised on to cuverville island.
The shore was muddy and even rockier than half moon island, with large jagged boulders surrounding the smaller stones.
You never know what kind of weather you'll get in antarctica, but we were lucky and our second day in antarctica brought clear skies and reasonable temperatures at about 34 degrees fahrenheit. The rocky areas provide suitable breeding sites for penguins. The fifth day of our journey on the avalon waterways’ avalon myanmar started a bit early with a visit to the local market with our transport being the back of. First zodiac of the morning departing for cuverville island.
Cuverville island, 12/12/2021, national geographic resolution.
