Aitcho Islands, Antarctica

... left a Weddell seal was there to see us off. Our second landing took place at Barrientos Island, one of the Aitcho Islands where we could appreciate Gentoo and Chinstrap Penguin colonies, accompanied by some Kelp Gulls flying over the island. The ...

... horizon to the other. On the third day we saw land, a group of dark islands in the distance emerging from the mist. Aitcho islands in the South Shetland Archipelago to be exact, home to numerous penguins and seals. The word penguins struck a cord in ...