Jim Schroder's Travel
  • Home
  • Trips
Select Page

Antarctic

DSC_6191
DSC_6192
DSC_6193
The water was like glass early this morning.
DSC_6195
DSC_6196
Seals taking advantage of the sun on the water and iceberg
DSC_6199
The green on the hillside at the lower part of the photo is Antarctic Moss.
Male and female penguins look identical to the untrained eye. Males tend to be heavier than females.
The males beak tends to be thicker and longer than the females.
Penguins looking up at a predator making loud noises to scare the predator to leave them alone.
Penguins usually greet each other in several ways such as the ecstatic display, bowing and quivering. The mutual ecstatic display involves the pair facing each other and bowing and pointing their bills to the sky and braying or trumpeting together.
Penguins do not have teeth. A Penguins beak has sharp edges and is hooked to trap wriggling fish. the tongue and roof of the beak is lines with flexible, downward pointing spines which hold on to their slippery food.
Penguins are long lived. Emperor penguins have been recorded living up to 50 years but most species generally can live 10 to 20 years.
Sun suddenly hiding behind clouds as we depart from a bay..
When you are lucky to have sun for a few minutes a sunset can bring spectacular colors and reflections.
A ghost floating iceberg. It appears to be a building floating endlessly on the water.
DSC_6221
Early morning the next day with no clouds in sight.

[Show slideshow]
◄ 1 ... 9 10 11 ... 18 ►

© 2025 Jim Schroder