With very little or no Internet It has been very difficult to post anything for a while but here i have managed to upload a few pics of the Emperor Penguin Colony at Windy Creek taken before Christmas. Enjoy.
Our Taxi awaits to take us to Windy Creek
It took us nearly 2 hours to get to Windy Creek this time, as the base is now 30 kilometers away and the Sno-cats are not the fastest of vehicles.
Myself, Miami and Les standing on the Ice cliffs
overlooking the Colony
It was a good day, most of the penguins were on the Ice shelf with small groups out at sea fishing to feed their young.
The Colony of Emperor Penguins at Windy Creek
They have their chicks with them this year.
There are approx 8,000 in this colony
The Chicks are nearly as big as the adult Emperors
This is Sana and Kirk the 2 GA's that guided us on the trip to the
Penguin Colony Sana is the wintering
GA while Kirk is the Summer GA and BAS Camera man.
Standing on the Ice Cliffs looking down
Morrison's Works Foreman Ian Prickett
Kite Snow Boards back from Windy Creek to Halley VI
closely followed by us in the Sno-cat.
He was much faster than us. Here Ian has arrived at base
and is waiting for his kite to drop.
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