23-Feb Cape Petrels over Cape AdareWe are just off Cape Adare – the northeast extremity of Victoria land and entrance to the Ross Sea. The cape is 24 miles long and the cape itself is a 300 perpendicular cliff. Antarctica’s largest Adelie Penguin rookery, 250 000 pairs is located here.
Dozens of black and white birds called Cape Petrels seem to enjoy following us. They have distinctive black and white patches and were apparently once called Cape Pigeons but they don’t consider themselves as pigeons so it is no longer PC to use this old name.
Nights are starting to close in fast.
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