Gentoo Penguin of Yankee Harbor, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica
Having sailed Drake’s Passage from Chile to the South Shetland Islands through the English Channel, never seeing land for the clouds, turning South along snow-covered Greenwich Island, we came to Yankee Harbor, where seals, giant petrels, and gentoo penguins greet you on the beach. A few chinstrap penguins stood off to one side, looking like…