1 – Paulet Island L (December 24)
2 – Brown Bluff CL (December 24)
3 – James Ross Island SN (December 25)
4 – Vortex Island ZC (December 26)
5 – Devil Island L (December 26)
6 – D’Urville Monument L (December 27)
7 – Hope Bay ZC (December 27)
8 – Half Moon Island L (December 28)
9 – Deception Island L (December 28)
10 – Cierva Cove ZC (December 29)
11 – Pleneau Island ZC (December 30)
12 – Wordie Hut L (December 30)
13 – Detaille Island ZC (December 31)
14 – Hanusse Bay PP (December 31)
15 – Petermann Island L (January 1)
Antarctica & the Weddell Sea Ushuaia to Ushuaia, Argentina
December 21, 2022 – January 4, 2023
Total Nautical Miles = 1,384.4
Southernmost Latitude Reached = 67 °02’
Captain Erwin Le Rouzic
Discovery Leader Boris Wise
S 2
ZC = Zodiac Cruise L
= Landing
Argentina 3 4 13 6 7 8 9 10
1 11 12 DrakePassage 5 14 15
CL = Continental Landing SN =
Scenic
Navigation PP = Polar Plunge Ushuaia,
Antarctic Peninsula South Shetland Islands
Critter Club – Wildlife Checklist Antarctica
COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME DAY 1 DAY 2 DAY 3 DAY 4 DAY 5 DAY 6 DAY 7 DAY 8 DAY 9 DAY 10 DAY 11 DAY 12 DAY 13 DAY 14 21/12 22/12 23/12 24/12 25/12 26/12 27/12 28/12 29/12 30/12 31/12 1/1 2/1 3/1 BIRDS Penguins Adélie Penguin Pygoscelis adeliae X X X X X X X X X Chinstrap Penguin Pygoscelis antarctica X X X X X X X X Gentoo Penguin Pygoscelis papua X X X X X X X X Magellanic Penguin Spheniscus magellanicus X Emperor Penguin Aptenodytes forsteri X Albatross Wandering Albatross Diomedea exulans X Southern Royal Albatross Diomedea epomophora Northern Royal Albatross Diomedea epomophora sanfordi X Light-mantled Albatross Phoebetria palpebrata X Grey-headed Albatross Thalassarche chrysostoma Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophrys X X X X Petrels Southern Giant Petrel Macronectes giganteus X X X X X X X X X X X Northern Giant Petrel Macronectes halli X X X X X X X X X X X X Southern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialoides X X Cape Petrel Daption capense X X X X X X X X X X X X Antarctic Petrel Thalassoica antarctica X Snow Petrel Pagodroma nivea X X X X X White-chinned Petrel Procellaria aequinoctialis X X Black-bellied Storm Petrel Fregetta tropica Wilsons Storm Petrel Oceanites oceanicus X X X X X X X X X Gulls, Terns Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus X X X X X X X X X X X X Brown-hooded Gull Chroicocephalus maculipennis Dolphin Gull Leucophaeus scoresbii X X Antarctic Tern Sterna vittata gaini X X X X X X X X South American Tern Sterna hirundinacea X Shearwaters, Prions Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea Antarctic Prion Pachyptila desolata X X X X X Slender-billed Prion Pachyptila belcheri X X X Blue Petrel Halobaena caerulea Common diving-petrel Pelecanoides urinatrix Cormorants Antarctic Shag Leucocarbo bransfieldensis X X X X X X X X Imperial Cormorant (blue-eyed) Leucocarbo atriceps X X X
the Weddell Sea | December 21, 2022 – January 4, 2023
&
Critter Club – Wildlife Checklist Antarctica & the
COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME DAY 1 DAY 2 DAY 3 DAY 4 DAY 5 DAY 6 DAY 7 DAY 8 DAY 9 DAY 10 DAY 11 DAY 12 DAY 13 DAY 14 21/12 22/12 23/12 24/12 25/12 26/12 27/12 28/12 29/12 30/12 31/12 1/1 2/1 3/1
Skuas Brown Skua Stercorarius antarcticus X X X X X X X X South Polar Skua Stercorarius maccormicki X X X X Chilean Skua Stercorarius chilensis X X X Shorebirds Snowy (White-faced) Sheathbill Chionis albus X X X X X X X MAMMALS Seals Weddell Seal Leptonychotes weddellii X X X X X X Crabeater Seal Lobodon carcinophaga X X X X X Leopard Seal Hydrurga leptonyx X X X Antarctic Fur Seal Arctocephalus gazella Southern Elephant Seal Mirounga leonina X X South American Sea lion Otaria flavescens X X X Whales Southern Right Whale Eubalaena australis Blue Whale Balaenoptera musculus X Humpback Whale Megaptera novaengliae X X X X X X X X X Antarctic Minke Whale Balaenoptera bonaerensis X X X X Fin Whale Balaenoptera physalus X X X Killer Whale Orcinus orca X X Dolphins Dusky Dolphin Lagenorhynchus obscurus X X X Peale's Dolphin Lagernorhynchus australis
BIRDS (continued)
– January
Weddell Sea | December 21, 2022
4, 2023
