After working on Saturday Sam and I went for a walk to penguin river – a leisurly stroll along the beach as I should have been in bed but it was such a stunning day and we knew Sunday was going to be miserable (which it was).

Sam took the pictures of me walking across the frozen Penguin River and through the tussock.

There were 5 king penguin chicks with 5 adults I hadn’t been over there for many months so it was great to see some chicks. The picture above (by Sam) is a adult feeding his/her chick – this one kept on chirping asking for food and the adult would just tap it on the head with its beak. Finally it gave in! The Elli seals had mostly gone however, there were a few furries on or two males but not really large ones. The king penguin has the longest breeding cycle of any penguins taking 14-16 months from breeding to fledging.

One furry was most perturbed by the ice on the river not liking how the surface caved in. The ice was amazing the way it had formed.

As we came back from Grytviken the light was stunning with beauitful pastels.