Sunday, October 01, 2006

I Saw My First Wild Penguins!!!

I just returned from an amazing trip to Cape Evans and Scott's Hut. I went along as a Hut Guide Trainee, so I was really lucky as most of the "tourists" were winter-overs. On the drive out to the hut and on the drive back, we saw EMPEROR PENGUINS!! Nine of them! They came extremely close to the group of people in the other vehicle on the way out, and on the way back they were blocking the road so we actually had to wait for them to move on their own. The Antarctic Treaty does not allow us to interfere with their behavior, so we waited!

I'll write more about the trip in another posting including some amazing photos!!!!

Posted by Katie from the Ice @ 7:24 PM