Plod, plod, plod

I spent last Monday to Friday off station, on another walking adventure. Most days the weather was not so great, a few clear periods (and a little sunburn), but mostly fog and drizzle were the order of the week. There's not as many photos as there could be, but that's because I didn't feel like taking as many pictures this time - and because of the fairly poor weather, there wasn't a huge amount to take photos of. However, here's a few of the good ones:

The royal penguin rookery near Waterfall Bay Hut

I travelled the length of the island again and one of the highlights was on the walk back towards station, when I met up with one of the dog handlers. I had the luxury of taking Flax the labrador back to the hut that we were both staying in that night.

The tourist vessel Akademik Shokalskiy taking a look at Lusitania Bay

Flax, arguably the best dog on the island

Juvenile royals on the beach at Green Gorge

A skua decided to see if my boot would be a satisfying food source. Obviously the blade of grass wasn't cutting it.

A young punk king penguin.

As always, I had a great time with everyone out there in the field and look forward to seeing them in the next couple of weeks for Christmas.