Kerguelen Part Two: Adventures with penguins, albatross and seals...

Ratmanoff, and 200,000 King Penguins















Kerguelen Shags



Giant Petrel chick

Elephant Seal

Fur Seals

Wandering Albatross

Kerguelen: Part One Black Browed Albatross Colony 19th Dec - 23rd Jan

The Marion Dufrense, just after arriving at Kerguelen, following 2 weeks aboard, sailing from Reunion Island



The Glacier hut being restocked by helicopter

Sourcils Noirs Cabin (home for 5 weeks), surrounded by Light mantled sooty albatross nests


The Blackbrowed Albatross colony







Black Browed Albatross










Sooty Albatross


Light Mantled Sooty Albatross



Grey Headed Albatross

Skuas



The journey back...

Phonolite Valley - made of a very rare volcanic rock

The sun settin, with a white chinned petrel on the 12 hour boat ride home