is on Cuverville Island. It was a beautify sunny afternoon with light
winds so we all started peeling layers. The penguins are nesting during
the 30-35 day incubation period before the chicklings hatch.
I was finally able to get some good pictures of the eggs. Each penguin
has two eggs and the two parents switch back and forth keeping the eggs
warm. Every so often they rotate the eggs to keep them uniformly warm,
and that is the best time to get a picture. The one in front is more
white and the one in back is dirtier, presumably because it gets more
covered in penguin poo.
After sitting on the eggs for awhile in the mud and penguin poo they
switch off and the dirty one heads to the ocean to clean off and feed.
Yesterday evening we drank champagne and celebrated the 9th anniversary
of our first date. Of course neither of us could imagined when we met
for dinner that evening 9 years ago that we would be sailing the
Antarctic waters together now.
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