Half Moon Island, Antarctica Travel Blogs

Inclement Weather on the White Continent
Jan 5, 2005 (20 photos)

... ), or by a Wandering Albatross or some Terns skimming the waves or plunging for fish. Our final landing was on Half-Moon Island in the South Shetlands, where we delighted in spending some more time with the penguins - this time the distinctive Chinstraps ...

Day 14
Nov 17, 2008 (5 photos)

Day 14, Sun 17 Nov: Half Moon Island.  "To dine with a glacier on a sunny day is a glorious thing and makes feasts of meat and wine ridiculous.  The glacier eats hills and drinks sunbeams." John Muir Had a great landing with walk amongst Chin ...

Farewell Chinstraps!
Mar 17, 2007 (9 photos)

... and got very close.  We will never get tired of seeing these giants. We were headed to our last stop, Halfmoon Island, for a last chance to say goodbye to the penguins but we had some close encounters with fur seal, Weddell seals and skuas too.& ...

Half Moon Island
Feb 9, 2006 (9 photos)

I stepped on Antarctica today! The ship made its way to Half Moon Island (part of the Shetland Islands) this morning, and dropped anchor about 7:15am. My departure time for my island visit was 7:45 am. I and 12 others were loaded into a Zodiac boat ...

Life aboard the ship
Feb 7, 2006 (3 photos)

... I'll bundle up in a bit and walk around. The cruise gave us all big red parkas for our excursions in and around Antarctica. They must be expecting it to be cold, because this is a seriously heavy coat. Right now I am suffering from some seasickness. ...

In the Peninsular
Nov 14, 2009 (30 photos)

  Anchored off Half moon Island this morning and after breakfast and the required briefings it was time for our first visit to land. On arrival we were able to see lots and lots of Chinstrap penguins, six Gentoo penguins and on Macaroni Penguin. In ...

Half Moon Island
Jan 1, 2007

Celebrating the New Year on Antarctic soil.

Half Moon Island
Nov 17, 2008 (14 photos)

... landing on the peninsular. I bundled up and climbed into a zodiac which quickly took me from the boat to the landing at Half Moon Island. There were penguins right there on the shore.  The penguins on the shore (we had to avoid when we got out ...

Half Moon Island
Dec 25, 2007 (10 photos)

 

Zügelpinguine
Nov 15, 2009 (15 photos)

Nach dem Verlassen der Arctowski Station segeln wir rund 4.5 Stunden zur Half Moon Insel, einer.  2km langen, sichelförmigen Insel im Schatten der spektakulären Berge und Gletscher der nahegelegenen Livingston Insel. Die zerklüftete kleine Insel ist ...

Antarctic Penninsula
Dec 21, 2007

antarcitc penninsula