Photography etches, Travel Sculpts!

ANTARCTICA | Monday, 24 November 2014 | Views [448] | View Smaller Image

"Honey, we can't call this a polar, bear hug can we?" Love me tender! It is quite an emotional sight to see the penguins wooing each other. There are swoons, a bit of necking with their beaks, some flippity-flop of the flippers, but nothing to beat a really long, warm hug. You could just stay there and watch in awe, admiring these wonderful beings.

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‘Careful boys! Get a grip! We’re on thin ice here!’ The youthful Gentoo penguins were excited to see us as well, smelling good, after their morning bath. The scaled orange feet with blood flowing in them kept them warm, while the claws at the end provided them with good grip for the ice and snow.

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Soar like a gull! They probably have the best seats in the arena, a hundred feet in the air overseeing the vast expanse of blue and white and shades in between. I was reminded of a quote from Jonathan Livingstone Seagull (by Richard Bach), which said, “For most gulls, it is not flying that matters, but eating. For this gull, though, it was not eating that mattered, but flight.” Something we as travelers could relate to!

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