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| The hut at Cape Crozier |
In the past, the hut that the scientists use at Cape Crozier had a black mold problem. There was a big cleanup of it but I got to head out and make sure it hadn't grown back and sort the issue if it did. Luckily, it hadn't and so there was plenty of time to check out the penguins in the nearby penguin colony. This is a real treat since not many people other than the penguin researchers get to visit.
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| Penguins everywhere! |
There's one of the biggest adelie colonies in the world at Cape Crozier, with about 260,000 breeding pairs. Cape Crozier is located on the far eastern end of Ross Island, which is the island that McMurdo station is located on (at the far southwest point). It's hard to describe how crazy it is to see the home of over half a million penguins. It's stinky and loud and amazing. These guys are so cute and I could just sit and watch them for days. The males build nests with rocks for the females and when we were there, the male and female birds were taking turns sitting on their egg (or eggs - some have 2).
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| Li Ling from NSF on the helicopter with me |
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