SOUTH TO VERNADSKY

Another sunny day in Antartica and visits to Petermann Island in the morning and the Verdansky Ukrainian research station in the afternoon.Before leaving the ship we had a couple of humpback whales and a glacier calving to watch.

 two humpback whales feeding-note the two small ice berghs and watch for the glacier calving in the next few pictures.

 Sorry more GENTOOS

 BROWN SKUA

 ADELE PENGUIN

 ANTARTIC SHAG

 OLD BLUE EYES IS BACK

 AH THATS BETTER.

 WHO`S THAT IN THE WATER?

 COULD BE MY TWIN BROTHER.

 PETERMANN ISLAND VISTA

 ARGENTINE NAVY EMERGENCY HUT

 WORDIES HOUSE

 UKRANIAN SIGNPOST-LONDON 14081 KM=KIEV15168KM

 THE SOUTHERNMOST LANDING OF THE TRIP-UKRANIAN RESEARCH STATION-Purchased from uk for £1.

 FLYING GENTOO

 THE BOUNCY CASTLE

 MORE SHAGS

 ADELE PENGUIN

 WEDDEL SEAL-very sleepy like most seals here.

 ARCTIC TERN on its holidays too,the only bird on the whole trip that I had seen before.

 ANTACTIC TERN

 FLYING SHAG

 UNION FLAG AT WORDIES HOUSE