Site Report: Antarctica - Paulet Island
Paulet Island
Sea Ice
Icebergs
Adelie Penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae)
Adelie Penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae)
Snow Petrel (Pagodroma nivea)
Weddell Seal (Leptonychotes weddellii)
Adelie Penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) - Don't want your rock
Adelie Penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) - On Egg
Antarctic Shag (Leucocarbo bransfieldensis)
Weddell Seal (Leptonychotes weddellii)
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Paulet Island
Sea Ice
Icebergs
Adelie Penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae)
Adelie Penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae)
Snow Petrel (Pagodroma nivea)
Weddell Seal (Leptonychotes weddellii)
Adelie Penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) - Don't want your rock
Adelie Penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) - On Egg
Antarctic Shag (Leucocarbo bransfieldensis)
Weddell Seal (Leptonychotes weddellii)
Island full of penguins
Visits
- 2021-12-06: We were able to land on the second penguin island for a bit. While I was sitting near the penguin colony, a penguin came over and bit my foot. I did not make it to the end of the trail, so I missed out on getting a good photo of a Chinstrap Penguin that I guess was there. We followed that up driving around the zodiac to get close to some seals. Afterwards, we drove through a bunch of icebergs en route to the Antarctic Peninsula.
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (11 records)
Phylum: Chordates
(11 records)
Class: Birds
(10 records)
- Order: Pelicans
(4 records)
- Family: Cormorants
- Antarctic Shag (Leucocarbo bransfieldensis)
- Family: Jaegers and Skuas
- Brown Skua (Stercorarius antarcticus)
- South Polar Skua (Stercorarius maccormicki)
- Family: Penguins
- Adelie Penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae)
- Order: Shorebirds and Allies
(1 record)
- Family: Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
- Kelp Gull (Larus dominicanus)
- Order: Tubenoses
(5 records)
- Family: Albatrosses
- Cape Petrel (Daption capense)
- Snow Petrel (Pagodroma nivea)
- Family: Shearwaters and Petrels
- Southern Giant-Petrel (Macronectes giganteus)
- Southern Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialoides)
- Family: Southern Storm Petrels
- Wilson's Storm-Petrel (Oceanites oceanicus)
Class: Mammals
(1 record)
- Order: Carnivorans
(1 record)
- Family: Phocidae
- Weddell Seal (Leptonychotes weddellii)