Quite enough day on the bird front today. The real highlight however were the large gatherings of Humpback Whales in the area of Paradise Bay and along the Neumayer Channel. There were at least fifty animals feeding in the former site. They seemed to be everywhere you looked. This once in a lifetime experience was however largely completely ignored by the rest of the ship guests. There were two "naturalists" onboard who pointed out the odd whale sighting here and there over the ships tannoy system but this spectacular gathering wasn't highlighted at all, bizarre!
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| White morph Southern Giant Petrel |
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| White morph Southern Giant Petrel |
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| South Polar Skua |
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| South Polar Skua |
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| South Polar Skua |
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| South Polar Skua |
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| South Polar Skua |
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| South Polar Skua |
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| South Polar Skua |
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| Kelp Gull |
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| Kelp Gull |
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| Kelp Gull |
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| Antarctic Tern |
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| Antarctic Tern |
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| Antarctic Tern |
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| Antarctic Tern |
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| Antarctic Tern |
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| Chinstrap Penguin |
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| Adelie, Chinstrap and Gentoo Penguins. |
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| Gentoo Penguin colony. |
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| Humpback Whale |
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| Humpback Whales |
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| Humpback Whales |
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| Humpback Whales |
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| Humpback Whales |
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| Humpback Whale |
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| Humpback Whales |
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| Humpback Whales |
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| Humpback Whales |
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| Humpback Whale |
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| Humpback Whales |
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| Humpback Whale |
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| Humpback Whales |
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| Humpback Whales |
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| Humpback Whale |
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| Humpback Whale |
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| Humpback Whale |
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| Humpback Whale |
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| Humpback Whale |
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| Humpback Whale |
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| Humpback Whale |
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| Humpback Whale |
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| Humpback Whale |
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| Humpback Whale with a significant old injury in front of the dorsal fin. |
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| Humpback Whales feeding. |
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| Humpback Whales feeding. |
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| Humpback Whales feeding. |
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| National Geographic boat. |
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