Antarctica in Depth Ushuaia to Ushuaia, Argentina November 11 – November 22, 2022
Ushuaia, Argentina
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1 – Ushuaia, Argentina (November 11) 2 – First Iceberg! 62°54’ S 057°40’ W (November 13) 3 – Snow Hill Island IW, ZC (November 14) 4 – Half Moon Island L (November 15 AM) 5 – Deception Island SC, L (November 15 PM) 6 – Cierva Cove ZC (November 16 AM) 7 – Mikkelsen Harbour ZC (November 16 PM) 8 – Dorian Bay L (November 17 AM) 9 – Cuverville Island L (November 17 PM) 10 – Almirante Brown Base L (November 18 AM) 11 – Flanders Bay PP (November 18 PM) 12 – Portal Point L (November 19 AM) 13 – Whales! 64°25’ S 061°33’ W (November 19) 14 – Ushuaia, Argentina (November 22) IW = Ice Walk ZC = Zodiac Cruise L = Landing SC = Ship Cruise PP = Polar Plunge
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Captain Radomir Novosel Discovery Leader Boris Wise Total Nautical Miles = 2,006 Southernmost Latitude Reached = 65°03.8’ S
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Critter Club – Wildlife Checklist COMMON NAME
BIRDS Penguins Adélie Penguin Chinstrap Penguin Gentoo Penguin Magellanic Penguin Albatross Wandering Albatross Southern Royal Albatross Northern Royal Albatross Light-mantled Albatross Grey-headed Albatross Black-browed Albatross Petrels Southern Giant Petrel Northern Giant Petrel Southern Fulmar Cape Petrel Snow Petrel White-chinned Petrel Black-bellied Storm Wilsons Storm Petrel Gulls and Terns Kelp Gull Brown-hooded Gull Dolphin Gull Antarctic Tern South American Tern Shearwaters and Prions Sooty Shearwater Antarctic Prion Slender-billed Prion Blue Petrel Common diving-petrel Cormorants Antarctic Shag Imperial Cormorant (blue-eyed)
SCIENTIFIC NAME
Pygoscelis adeliae Pygoscelis antarctica Pygoscelis papua Spheniscus magellanicus Diomedea exulans Diomedea epomophora Diomedea epomophora sanfordi Phoebetria palpebrata Thalassarche chrysostoma Thalassarche melanophrys
Antarctica in Depth | November 11 – November 22, 2022
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Ushuaia, Argentina
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Critter Club – Wildlife Checklist COMMON NAME
BIRDS continued Skuas Brown Skua South Polar Skua Chilean Skua
SCIENTIFIC NAME
Stercorarius antarcticus Stercorarius maccormicki Stercorarius chilensis
Antarctica in Depth | November 11 – November 22, 2022
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Ushuaia, Argentina
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Snowy (White-faced) Sheathbill MAMMALS Seals Weddell Seal Crabeater Seal Leopard Seal Antarctic Fur Seal Southern Elephant Seal South American Sea lion Whales Southern Right Whale Blue Whale Humpback Whale Antarctic Minke Whale Fin Whale Killer Whale
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Eubalaena australis Balaenoptera musculus Megaptera novaengliae Balaenoptera bonaerensis Balaenoptera physalus Orcinus orca
Additional Amazing Wildlife Sightings Emperor Penguin Aptenodytes forsteri
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