ANTARCTICA | Friday, 4 January 2013 | Views [211] | View Smaller Image
It is a source of wonder to observe the Adelie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) and its many emotions - affronted, possibly scared, indignant, and sometimes curiously impatient as this penguin shows. When the B-09B iceberg lodged itself in Commonwealth Bay in 2011, apart from preventing further tourist visits to the bay, the berg and resulting pack ice turned the Adelies' walk to their nest from metres to potentially kilometres. Only time will tell how this will affect the breeding prospects of this penguin and all the others in the colony. Commonwealth Bay, East Antarctica.
