Arrival at Port Lockroy

February 1, 1994

There are some very impressive mountains here, and Port Lockroy is just a series of small rock islands in the middle of a harbor surrounded by mountains and icebergs, and a glacier between two mountains on one side. There is a Chilean Station here on a separate island right next to the one that we are landing on, which contains a huge Gentoo Penguin rookery.

Above, Port Lockroy station on island directly below peak, our landing area on the island just to the right

Port Lockroy station, near our landing site

At breakfast, we watched Gentoo Penguins swimming outside the ship, and admired the mountains with a British couple. Yesterday we had dinner with a couple from Lancashire.

There is much more snow now on the mountains, and on the rocks along the shore. Even in the penguin rookery we found snow banks, though most of it was rocks.

Mountainside near Port Lockroy

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