Today we got to explore the area around Palmer Station a little bit. Just in the backyard of Palmer is the shore of Arthur Bay (the one I can see from my room) and we decided to go for little rock clambering in this area in the late afternoon. Had our first close encounter with a couple local residents, a cute little Gentoo penguin (these are identified by their red beaks) and an elephant seal chilling out in the brash ice.
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| In the backyard of PS. |
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| A Gentoo penguin posing for a glamor shot. |
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| This elephant seal was just chilling out in the water of the Arthur Bay |
We were heading back when the sun started to set and what a sunset! Beautiful colors and it lasted for a good 15 minutes.
Fluid dynamics alert! Could not -not- take a picture of this. Saw this boulder with the snow scoured around it in a characteristic pattern associated with the "necklace vortex" of a surface mounted obstacle. Aerodynamics in action.!
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| Wind driven scour pattern in the snow around a boulder due to the formation of a necklace vortex. |
Dinner was interesting. For the non-vegetarians, there was meatloaf, and for the vegetarians( which, I believe is only me), there was loaf made from TVP - texturized vegetarian product. I thought it would be awful but it was not half bad. Not I am not saying I could eat it on a regular basis but not bad at all! The chef also made a nice lentil soup which was almost reminiscent of daal. All in all, the food is really good. There is also a refrigerator with leftovers and you can raid that any time 24/7 and it has think like leftover pizza, pasta, banana nut bread. Tough to not gain weight here :(
Met up with people at the bar had a drink (or two) and played darts till 11:30. Lets see what exciting things are in store for tomorrow.
Great pictures! Good that there are stores in that ice world. I thought you would be eating canned food all the time... :)
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