Ushuaia, Argentina
1,14 South Shetland Islands
1 – Ushuaia, Argentina (January 8) ~ Drake Passage (January 9/10) 2 – Hanusse Bay ZC (January 11 AM) 3 – Detaille Island IL,ZC (January 11 PM) 4 – Prospect Point / Fish Islands ZC,CL (January 12 AM) 5 – Holtedahl Bay ZC (January 12 PM) 6 – Yalour Islands ZC (January 13 AM) 7 – Winter Island L,ZC (January 13 PM) 8 – Lemaire Channel SC (January 13 PM) 9 – Paradise Bay / Brown Station ZC,CL (January 14 AM/PM) 10 – Petermann Island L (January 15 AM) 11 – Port Charcot L (January 15 PM) 12 – Neko Harbour CL (January 16 AM) 13 – Fournier Bay PP (January 16 PM) ~ Drake Passage (January 17/18) 14 – Ushuaia, Argentina (January 19) ZC = Zodiac Cruise IL = Ice Landing CL = Continental Landing L = Landing SC = Ship Cruise PP = Polar Plunge
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Antarctica in Depth Ushuaia to Ushuaia, Argentina January 8 – January 19, 2024 Captain Erwan Le Rouzic Discovery Leader Xavier Garcia Total Nautical Miles = 1,866.4 Southernmost Latitude Reached = 66°54.3’ S, 067°13.4’ W
Critter Club – Wildlife Checklist
COMMON NAME BIRDS Albatross Black-browed Albatross Cormorants Blue-eyed Shag Petrels Southern Fulmar Antarctic Prion Cape Petrel Snow Petrel Southern Giant Petrel Wilson’s Storm Petrel Blue Petrel Antarctic Petrel Gulls, Terns Kelp Gull Dolphin Gull South American Tern Antarctic Tern Shorebirds Snowy Sheathbill Skuas Brown Skua Chilean Skua South Polar Skua Penguins Adélie Penguin Chinstrap Penguin Gentoo Penguin Emperor Penguin
SCIENTIFIC NAME
Antarctica in Depth | January 8 – January 19, 2024
TOTAL DAYS SPOTTED
Thalassarche melanophris
2
Leucocarbo magellanicus
7
Fulmarus glacialoides Pachyptila desolata Daption capense Pagodroma nivea Macronectes giganteus Oceanites oceanicus Halobaena caerulea Thalassoica antarctica
8 2 5 2 5 6 1 1
Larus dominicanus Larus scoresbii Sterna hirundinacea Sterna vittata
8 1 1 5
Chionis albus
4
Catharacta antarctica Catharacta chilensis Catharacta maccormicki
7 1 1
Pygoscelis adeliae Pygoscelis antarcticus Pygoscelis papua Aptenodytes forsteri
5 1 5 1
COMMON NAME MAMMALS Cetaceans Orca Antarctic Minke Whale Fin Whale Humpback Whale Long-finned Pilot Whale Dusky Dolphin Pinipeds Crabeater Seal Leopard Seal South American Sea Lion Southern Elephant Seal Weddell Seal UNDERWATER Antarctic Sun Starfish Bottom-dwelling Fish Helmet Jellyfish Octopus Sea Spider Starfish Volcanic Sponge Yellow Sponge Krill Sea Rod Sea Squirt Sea Urchin Limpet
TOTAL SPECIES SEEN
SCIENTIFIC NAME
TOTAL DAYS SPOTTED
Orcinus orca Balaenoptera bonaerensis Balaenoptera physalus Megaptera novaeangliae Globicephala melas
2 3 1 6 1 2
Lobodon carcinophaga Hydrurga leptonyx Otaria byronia Mirounga leonina Leptonychotes weddellii
5 5 1 2 2
Labidiaster annulatus
1 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1
Pycnogonidae
46