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Gentoo penguins
Gentoo penguins. Click on any image to load larger image and start slide show. [Narrative]
A gentoo snoozes on the nest.  Jougla Point. Gentoo penguins greet each other, Jougla Point. (Crop of photo [700].) Penguins spend a lot of time finding rocks for their nests, Jougla Point. Gentoo picks up a rock for nesting, Neko Harbor on the Antarctic continent. Gentoo with a rock, Neko Harbor on the Antarctic continent. Chinstrap takes a peck at a Gentoo after getting crowded on the trail, Hannah Point.
Gentoo, Hannah Point. Gentoo, Hannah Point. Gentoos look for a way down, Neko Harbor on the Antarctic continent. Gentoos at Neko Harbor on the Antarctic continent. Gentoos, Cuverville Island. Gentoos, Cuverville Island.
Gentoos at rest, Petermann Island. Lots of gentoos, just one of many big colonies we saw, Cuverville Island. Gentoos, Hannah Point. Gentoos, Neko Harbor on the Antarctic continent. Gentoos, Cuverville Island. Gentoos, Cuverville Island.
Gentoos, Cuverville Island. Gentoos going to work, Neko Harbor on the Antarctic continent. As this distant shot of a couple of gentoos proves. penguins can indeed fly.  For a few feet anyway.  Torgersen Island. Gentoo flying through the water, Neko Harbor on the Antarctic continent. Gentoo swim pack, Neko Harbor on the Antarctic continent. Humans head up as gentoos head down, Hannah Point.
Gentoo, Cuverville Island. Gentoos and our ship, Cuverville Island.

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Blog Entries for other Antarctica, Nov/Dec 2003:
March 2022
3/18/2022 Antarctica redux - Added a few images to Antarctica 2003. penguin
March 2006
3/15/2006 March of the Penguins - March of the Penguins movie, great video, stupid narration. penguin
August 2005
8/26/2005 Favorites Places - I pick my 12 favorite places to visit. scenic
December 2003
12/12/2003 Antarctica - Small ship cruise to Antarctica. penguin, international

 
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