The Traveling Richters » Cuverville Island http://www.thetravelingrichters.com Learning by Exploring Travel, Food, Culture, Adventure, and More... Thu, 08 Dec 2011 15:21:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 GPS Tracking – Port Lockroy and Cuverville Island http://www.thetravelingrichters.com/2010/02/17/gps-tracking-port-lockroy-and-cuverville-island http://www.thetravelingrichters.com/2010/02/17/gps-tracking-port-lockroy-and-cuverville-island#comments Wed, 17 Feb 2010 14:52:23 +0000 Jake Richter http://www.thetravelingrichters.com/?p=868 Yesterday we visited Port Lockroy, a station which is part of the British Antarctic Survey, and also houses the world’s southern-most public post office. Following that we went to visit one of the world’s largest Gentoo penguin colonies on Cuverville Island.

Our GPS track for the day is below:

]]> http://www.thetravelingrichters.com/2010/02/17/gps-tracking-port-lockroy-and-cuverville-island/feed 0 The Dulcet Tones of Gentoo Penguins http://www.thetravelingrichters.com/2010/02/17/the-dulcet-tones-of-gentoo-penguins http://www.thetravelingrichters.com/2010/02/17/the-dulcet-tones-of-gentoo-penguins#comments Wed, 17 Feb 2010 14:50:52 +0000 Jake Richter http://www.thetravelingrichters.com/?p=865 We’ve had very little Internet access, but here’s a new sensory experience. I recorded about a half minute of the sounds of a Gentoo penguin colony on Cuverville Island on the Antarctic Peninsula yesterday. Press the play button (sideways triangle) on the player below to start the sounds.

Here’s a photo of the area I recorded the sound:

A small part of the Gentoo penguin colony on Cuverville Island

A small part of the Gentoo penguin colony on Cuverville Island

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