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The next day we were off again, heading back north (dang!) towards Cuverville.
Cuverville Island had more penguins. At first I thought I was getting sick
of seeing more penguins, but you can't get sick of seeing penguins. You
can watch them all day and have a wonderful time. I think watching penguins
is like listening to banjo music -- you just can't be in a bad mood when
you're doing it. There were a lot of juveniles getting fed by their
parents. Mom or dad penguin barfs up some preprocessed fish or krill for
the youngsters to eat.
At this landing there was a juvenile albino gentoo penguin, which I assume is pretty rare. There were also some great examples of penguin paths. Penguins try to walk on the same paths all the time and there were some obvious ones there in the snow. UPDATE Jan 2003 -- Several readers freshly back from their own trips have alerted me to the fact that this penguin is leucistic, not albino. Thank you for the correction. Also, they tell me that the penguin is still there as an adult. Neat!!
There was also a 5-month-old weddel seal sleeping on the beach. He never
woke up and had a wonderful smile.
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