Stacey in Antarctica: January 2011

Between August 2008 and April 2018 I spent a number of years working on Signy Island (South Orkney Islands) and Bird Island (South Georgia) for the British Antarctic Survey (BAS). I worked as a Zoological Field Assistant on the penguin, seal and albatross long-term monitoring programme. After a 5 year break, i'll be heading back down to Bird Island in Janary 2024 for another dose of penguin work.

This blog gives readers an insight into my day-to-day life in the Antarctic, from my first trip south in 2008 to the present day.

Monday, 17 January 2011

Albatrosses.

Wanderer in the evening light.

Light-mantled sooty albatross chick.

Wanderer at sunset.

Light-mantled sooty albatross with chick.

Other wildlife

Northern Giant petrel that has been eating a dead seal.

Gentoo penguins at Natural Arch.

Not so little Gentoo penguin chicks.

Skua chick.

Bottom Meadows on a sunny day.

Seals.

Fur seals on the beaches.

More fur seals.

One in 1000 pups are blonde.

The beach in front of the base in summer.

Fur seal pup that's been playing in the sea.

Christmas on Bird Island

My Christmas cake.

Christmas Dinner.

Christmas photograph... (rather random).

Subscribe to: Posts (Atom)