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| A few views from my dorm room. |
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| Brash ice has moved into Arthur Harbor and Hero Inlet. |
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| Glacial blue. |
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| Another hike over the glacier found more penguins. They are in the process of pairing before the nesting season. |
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| Sunset from my dorm room. |
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| Penguins "invading" Palmer Station on Gamage Point. |
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| We had a combination Glacier Search and Rescue Team and Ocean Search and Rescue Team drill. I was at the helm of the rescue boat. |
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| A recent glacier hike with Mt. William in the background. |
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| The boulder iceberg. |
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| Since we have a lot of gear to transport to Torgersen Island we used the larger Zodiac 18 foot. |
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| A few hundred Adelie Penguins have returned to Torgersen Island for nesting season. |
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| The penguins are in the process of "pairing off." |
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| The penguin cam usually gets installed by the summer comms person but since the summer crew won't arrive until December the job falls onto the winter comms guy - me. |
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| Cool jagged granite. |
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| Palmer Station is to the far right. |
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| We set up two 135W solar panels, a remote-controlled camera, and an equipment box containing two batteries, and associated parts to send the pictures over to Palmer Station for processing onto the internet. https://www.usap.gov/videoclipsandmaps/palwebcam.cfm Click on Torgersen Island Penguin Colony. |
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| A fine work crew. |
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| The "I was there" shot. |
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| Installation complete. |
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| Headed back to the boat. |
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| The penguin cam is to the far upper right. |
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| This rocky formation is known as Elephant Seal Rocks. Elephant seal pups recently born. |
