This afternoon was really quite exciting, our first opportunity to go ashore and start filling our SD Cards with photos of the local wildlife. The location is a place called Aitcho Barrientos, Island which is part of the South Shetland Islands. It seems that the first word in the Islands name started out as an acronym HO, for hyrological observatory.

The island has a large population of Gentoo Penguins and most of us guests were captivated by the sight of these creatures walking up and down a steep slope as they moved from one side of the island to the other.