Half Moon Island, Antarctica

... ), 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 ...

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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 ...

... 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.& ...

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 ...