The only thing left are rocks the size of golf balls or bigger embedded into the mud. The ground has literally been picked clean of the small stones. The rookery itself is comprised of thousand of pebble nests that are meticulously maintained by the males who try to impress their females by bringing them beautiful “gems,” which are really just rocks, to add to the collection in their nest. Then it is the female’s turn to fish while the male sits on the egg. Down at the rookery area it was difficult to stay out of the way of the hurried marches as the male comes back in from hunting fish to switch places with the female who is sitting on a single or sometimes 2 eggs. I just cannot bear to pull myself away from the curious little things. Mike and Kristen do the hike to the “horns” of Devil Island with the “snow slide” at the end, but my choice on this excursion was just to hang out with the penguins. An uphill hike to a great vantage point gave view to thousand of penguins, the tranquil dark sea accessorized by white ice fragments, and the looming black landscape dotted with snow. We all just hope that the Sarpik Ittuk’s hull can handle a few scrapes.ĭevil Island is the home of 11,000 noisy nesting Adelie penguin (I counted them all!) and the site of our afternoon Expedition landing.
Antarctica flashfrozen full#
Once all are back on board, we motor out of the ice trench that we made and head back to the open sea, which is very full of ice brash and bergs of all sizes. Roder making his way back toward the ship – that is comforting! The brave (or crazy) people posed for a Polar Club shot – in their Swimsuits. While this may have not been the planned agenda for the morning, how many people can say they have walked on the ocean? Then group by group we are all able to “walk on water” and have our photos taken with the iced-in ship as our backdrop. Then the entire crew jumps ship for a photo – hope none of them fall through! I wonder if we should be concerned that they have 3 of the ship’s life rings with them, “just in case.” I think we will need him in a couple of hours!! It is deemed “safe” and the Expedition Team all leave ship to pose for a photo. Still, I wish he would stay a little closer to the ship. I guess if the ship cannot go any further, we don’t “technically” need a Captain. Roder decides to try his hand at water walking – and ventures out farther than the others. Next Brandon tries it, but being a larger guy, he breaks through about 7 feet from the end of the walkway. That marks the farthest point to walk in that direction. We all gasp as he breaks through up to his knees. First Laurie goes out with a walking stick, testing the strength of the ice as we all watch from the decks. New Plan from Laurie – we will all go walking on water. There was a note in this morning’s bulletin that Snow Hill Island is rarely visited because of the ice conditions. It is just too risky to push further when there is still so far to go. We are leaving a trail of broken ice chunks as we make path through the frozen sea. The Sarpik Ittuk has been transformed into an ice breaker vessel. Troubador said, with conviction.We were told we could get a ride, where's the Captain?The news this morning is that we cannot reach Snow Hill Island, as we were scheduled to, due to the large amount of ice between our current position and the island.
This is the most unbelievable discovery in human history,” Dr. There’s still red meat on the thing, and there’s just no question we can easily clone a dinosaur. “It must have been flash frozen in a perfectly dry environment for sixty-five million years. Until now, scientists did not believe such a large quantity of flesh could be preserved for this long without being mostly replaced by minerals through the process of fossilization. An Argentine expeditionary force, led by General Francisco Acevedo, found the mummified remains of what has been dubbed the Argentinosauros, a one hundred foot long herbivorous sauropod dinosaur. Troubador, it’s revealed part of the preserved body of one of the largest animals to ever walk the earth.
A mummified Argentinosaurus has been found under the melting Antarctic ice.ĪNTARCTICA - Summer ice melts in Antarctica have revealed land that has been covered since the time of the dinosaurs, and according to Paleontologist Dr.
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