Macaroni

This pm we went to Hercules Bay, a small cove with lots of Macaroni Penguins. The swells were extreme, so we had to stay in the Zodiacs. Another highlight was seeing a pair of Sooty-Headed Albatrosses flying in tight formation. One of our favorite guides is Tom Ritchie, who, as you can see, is our National Geographic Explorer.

Steep and Fortuna Bay

Yesterday, Pop Pop said we were to hike only 1,000 ft. up during a 5 k walk. Oops – it was on average, a 20% grade up and down (with long stretches much steeper), with a long moraine to the shore after the descent. Today, we saw King Penguins, and this pm we’ll see a Macaroni colony on the cliffs of a small, cozy cove.

Can you guess which is the Obama Penguin?