Antarctica -- October-November 2010

In the naural history part of the museum. There are the 17 or 18 different kinds of penguins, with their names in Spanish.

We saw only four: Magellanic, Chinstrap, Gentoo, and Adele. Two others who live in Antarctica, King Penguin and Emperor Penguin, either nest farther south than we were, or else nest farther inland (or maybe both). They are the two largest penguins. I believe we were told at a briefing there was a slight chance we might see a few of these swimming in the ocean, but would not see any of their rookeries. I'm not aware that anyone on our cruise saw either type.

(3 Dec 2010)