First glimpse of the South Shetland Islands
Sun Dec 10, 2000
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Snow covered rocky islands
Sun Dec 10, 2000
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Gathering on the bow
Sun Dec 10, 2000
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A huge pillar guards the entrance of the strait
Sun Dec 10, 2000
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A tiny bit of green on the desolate islands
Sun Dec 10, 2000
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View of the strait from the top deck
Sun Dec 10, 2000
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Snow fields cover the islands
Sun Dec 10, 2000
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The Japanese film crew takes it all in
Sun Dec 10, 2000
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Rocky islands in the strait
Sun Dec 10, 2000
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Christopher, Jane and Peter on the top deck
Sun Dec 10, 2000
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The humback waves its tail
Sun Dec 10, 2000
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An old whaler ship on the beach with penguins and elephant seals
Sun Dec 10, 2000
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Penguin rookery on the rocks
Sun Dec 10, 2000
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The other side of Half Moon Island
Sun Dec 10, 2000
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Some the passengers with the Argentine base in distance
Sun Dec 10, 2000
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Two elephant seals with penguins
Sun Dec 10, 2000
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Penguins on the snow
Sun Dec 10, 2000
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Penguins on the beach (end Half Moon Island)
Sun Dec 10, 2000
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Approaching Deception Island
Mon Dec 11, 2000
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Sue and Louisa on the beach
Mon Dec 11, 2000
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Penguins on the beach
Mon Dec 11, 2000
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A Weddell seal rolls over
Mon Dec 11, 2000
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Looking down at the ebach as we climb the slippery slope
Mon Dec 11, 2000
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Continuing to climb the slope
Mon Dec 11, 2000
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The massive chinstrap penguin rookery
Mon Dec 11, 2000
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Penguin sweethearts greeting with a neck rub
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Close up of the chin strap penguins
Mon Dec 11, 2000
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Chinstrap saying hello
Mon Dec 11, 2000
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A skua
Mon Dec 11, 2000
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The rookery covers the isalnd
Mon Dec 11, 2000
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The unbelievable number of penguins
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A lost Adele penguin holds off a skua
Mon Dec 11, 2000
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A skua stands ready in the midst of the rookery
Mon Dec 11, 2000
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Us on top with penguins
Mon Dec 11, 2000
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A penguin uses a scrap box for a nice nest
Mon Dec 11, 2000
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Louisa on the climb to the top
Mon Dec 11, 2000
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Looking down on Neptune's Bellows and Whaler Bay
Mon Dec 11, 2000
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Hiking across Deception Island
Mon Dec 11, 2000
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Hiking down the snow
Mon Dec 11, 2000
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Louisa sliding down the slope on Deception Island
Mon Dec 11, 2000
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The group hikes toward the beach on Deception Island
Mon Dec 11, 2000
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Penguins nested in front of the boat house at Port Lockroy Station
Fri Jan 1, 1999
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Penguins nested with the sheath bill standing by ready to steal an egg
Fri Jan 1, 1999
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The British flag flying beside the station
Fri Jan 1, 1999
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The gentoo colonyy nestled in beside the main building
Fri Jan 1, 1999
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Kayakers getting ready
Fri Jan 1, 1999
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Icebergs in front of the Antartic Peninsula near the Lamer Channel
Fri Jan 1, 1999
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Beautiful iceberg in Lemaire Channel
Tue Dec 12, 2000
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Pinnacle at the entrance to the Lemaire Channel
Tue Dec 12, 2000
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Large and small icebergs fill the channel
Tue Dec 12, 2000
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Crabeater seal on an iceflow
Tue Dec 12, 2000
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Huge iceberg
Tue Dec 12, 2000
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Sheer cliff walls plunge into the water
Tue Dec 12, 2000
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Gathering on the bow to watch the Antarctica pass by
Tue Dec 12, 2000
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Penguins gather on top of a huge iceberg
Tue Dec 12, 2000
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Peter and Christopher paddle near the penguins on the berg
Tue Dec 12, 2000
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Al paddles through an iceberg arch
Tue Dec 12, 2000
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Gerry and Don paddle through the small arch in the huge berg
Tue Dec 12, 2000
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Bindy and Mike coming through the berg
Tue Dec 12, 2000
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Jane and Anthony in the iceberg
Tue Dec 12, 2000
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We maneuver in front of the iceberg
Tue Dec 12, 2000
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Paddling in front of the arch
Tue Dec 12, 2000
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Smile! We paddled through the arch in the berg
Tue Dec 12, 2000
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Sculpted icebergs crash against each other
Tue Dec 12, 2000
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Paddlers glide along in front of the bergs
Tue Dec 12, 2000
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The sun lights the bergs beautifully
Tue Dec 12, 2000
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A beautifully sunlit berg
Tue Dec 12, 2000
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The barbecue on the back deck
Tue Dec 12, 2000
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Louisa smiles on the back deck, with an iceberg in the background
Tue Dec 12, 2000
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A huge berg dominates our barbecue
Tue Dec 12, 2000
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Another giant sunlit berg
Tue Dec 12, 2000
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The Ukranian scientists joined the party
Tue Dec 12, 2000
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Phil cooks up a storm on the back deck
Tue Dec 12, 2000
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The party continues in the bar at the Ukranian base
Tue Dec 12, 2000
Vernadsky station, Antarctica
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The bartender serves up some potent firewater
Tue Dec 12, 2000
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Group photo of the kayakers, missing Don and Gerry
Wed Dec 13, 2000
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Another group photo
Wed Dec 13, 2000
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The best group kayaker photo - with Al as well
Wed Dec 13, 2000
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A huge tabular berg in front of the scalloped mountains
Wed Dec 13, 2000
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Looking down the beautiful strait to the snowy mountains
Wed Dec 13, 2000
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The fluted snow on the steep cliffsides makes a magical effect
Wed Dec 13, 2000
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An Argentine base nestles at the foot of the mountain
Wed Dec 13, 2000
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Penguins porpoise in the water
Wed Dec 13, 2000
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Our kayaks on shore, with a dramatic mountain backdrop
Wed Dec 13, 2000
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A penguin investigates our kayak
Wed Dec 13, 2000
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A couple of seals near our campsite
Wed Dec 13, 2000
Ronge Island, Errera Channel
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One seal noticed us
Wed Dec 13, 2000
Ronge Island, Errera Channel
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Looking from our campsite at the setting sun on the mountains behind the Molchanov
Wed Dec 13, 2000
Ronge Island, Errera Channel
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Another look at the setting sun
Wed Dec 13, 2000
Ronge Island, Errera Channel
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Louisa gets set up in our campsite on the snow
Wed Dec 13, 2000
Ronge Island, Errera Channel
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Our campsite with the setting sun in the background
Wed Dec 13, 2000
Ronge Island, Errera Channel
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Us in our campsite, with the pink mountains behind
Wed Dec 13, 2000
Ronge Island, Errera Channel
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A giant petrel takes off across the water
Thu Dec 14, 2000
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A huge weddell seal looks back at us
Thu Dec 14, 2000
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The weddell seal faces us - so cute!
Thu Dec 14, 2000
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The weddell gets bored and lies back down
Thu Dec 14, 2000
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A beautiful inlet filled with bergy bits
Thu Dec 14, 2000
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Giant petrels flocking around a sleeping seal
Thu Dec 14, 2000
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Dead seal
Thu Dec 14, 2000
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Weddell seal
Thu Dec 14, 2000
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Two weddells and 2 giant petrels
Thu Dec 14, 2000
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A giant petrel perched on an ice drift
Thu Dec 14, 2000
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Three weddell seals say hello
Thu Dec 14, 2000
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Brash ice in a narrow channel
Thu Dec 14, 2000
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A weddell stretched out on the rocks
Thu Dec 14, 2000
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Six weddells around a rock
Thu Dec 14, 2000
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A weddell scratching his back
Thu Dec 14, 2000
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He's still scratching
Thu Dec 14, 2000
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Another seal says hello
Thu Dec 14, 2000
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Louisa with a seal
Thu Dec 14, 2000
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The Molchanov next to icebergs
Thu Dec 14, 2000
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The seal yawns
Thu Dec 14, 2000
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Tom and Max with the seal
Thu Dec 14, 2000
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A phenomenal iceberg
Thu Dec 14, 2000
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The huge "angel wing" berg
Thu Dec 14, 2000
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The bow of the Molchanov with the berg
Thu Dec 14, 2000
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The berg gets wider
Thu Dec 14, 2000
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Us in front of the berg
Thu Dec 14, 2000
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Us in front of the berg
Thu Dec 14, 2000
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Us with the entire berg
Thu Dec 14, 2000
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The huge iceberg in all its glory
Thu Dec 14, 2000
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Louisa freezing in front of the berg
Thu Dec 14, 2000
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Chris on deck in front of berg
Thu Dec 14, 2000
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A close up of the hole
Thu Dec 14, 2000
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The peaks on the top
Thu Dec 14, 2000
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The berg from the back
Thu Dec 14, 2000
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The sun peeks through the hole
Thu Dec 14, 2000
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The back side of the berg
Thu Dec 14, 2000
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A sunlit peak
Thu Dec 14, 2000
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A leopard seal on an ice floe
Fri Dec 15, 2000
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Large icebergs in the distance
Fri Dec 15, 2000
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Loading the kayaks off the back deck
Fri Dec 15, 2000
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Peter and Chris with seals
Fri Dec 15, 2000
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The kayakers enter a small bay
Fri Dec 15, 2000
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Leopard seal on a floe
Fri Dec 15, 2000
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The seal says hello
Fri Dec 15, 2000
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Don and Gerry paddling
Fri Dec 15, 2000
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Peter and Christopher at Gourdin
Fri Dec 15, 2000
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A zillion penguins on a small rock
Fri Dec 15, 2000
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The zodiac goes to investigate the leopard seal
Fri Dec 15, 2000
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Penguin colony on Gourdin Island
Fri Dec 15, 2000
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Al and kayakers in Gourdin Harbor
Fri Dec 15, 2000
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Divers coming out of the water
Fri Dec 15, 2000
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A penguin leans over her newborn chick
Fri Dec 15, 2000
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Another penguin chick makes an appearance
Fri Dec 15, 2000
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Feeding the newborn chick
Fri Dec 15, 2000
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Another chick peeps out
Fri Dec 15, 2000
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A chick gets more attention
Fri Dec 15, 2000
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Getting fed again
Fri Dec 15, 2000
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The Mom looks at us
Fri Dec 15, 2000
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Mom and Dad look at their chick
Fri Dec 15, 2000
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The penguins look at us
Fri Dec 15, 2000
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Adelie penguins, going about their business
Fri Dec 15, 2000
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Loading the kayaks into the zodiac
Fri Dec 15, 2000
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The film crew gets the penguins on tape
Fri Dec 15, 2000
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Christopher smiles at the camera
Fri Dec 15, 2000
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Peter with a penguin behind him
Fri Dec 15, 2000
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Penguins shoot out of the water to land on the beach
Fri Dec 15, 2000
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The zodiac returns from the Antarctic Peninsula
Fri Dec 15, 2000
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A zodiac passing through sea ice floes on its way back
Fri Dec 15, 2000
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