BRETT IN ANTARCTICA: January 2012

Recently a group of us headed south from Casey station to Browning Peninsula, a trip of about 70klms, which takes about 2 and half hours to get there. Browning Peninsula sits between the Vanderford Glacier and the Peterson Glacier, and is an area where you can often see a wide range of wildlife.

While travelling around Browning we were lucky enough to see many different animals including, Adelie and Emperor penguins, and Elephant seals. We arrived late in the afternoon, set up the hut for the night, and then spent a couple of hours wandering nearby to the hut. The sun was quite low, which made for some amazing views across the glacier.

Vanderford Glacier

We then spent most of the next day venturing around the Peninsula, and stopped in various areas to watch the seals or penguins just wander by.... but as usual the penguins appeared to be just as interested in us, as we were with them, and without much hesitation they would just wander straight up to us, have a bit of a look for while, and then continue on their way.