1 – Ushuaia, Argentina (January 4)
~ Drake Passage (January 5 & 6) First Iceberg
2 – Devil Island L (January 7 AM)
3 – Herbert Sound ZC (January 7 PM)
4 – Yankee Harbor L (January 8 AM)
5 – Whaler’s Bay L (January 8 PM)
6 – Charlotte Bay ZC (January 9 AM)
7 – Portal Point CL (January 9 PM)
8 – Flanders Bay ZC,PP (January 10)
9 – Lemaire Channel SC (January 11 AM)
10 – Petermann Island L (January 11 PM)
11 – Cierva Cove ZC (January 12 AM)
12 – Mikkelsen Harbor L (January 12 PM)
~ Drake Passage (January 13 & 14)
Ushuaia, Argentina
L = Landing
CL = Continental Landing
ZC = Zodiac Cruise
SC = Ship Cruise
PP = Polar Plunge
Antarctica in Depth
Ushuaia to Ushuaia, Argentina
January 4, 2023 – January 15, 2023
Captain Erwin Le Rouzic
Discovery Leader Daniel Johnston
Total Nautical Miles =
2,017
Southernmost Latitude Reached = 65 °10’ S
2
3 4 6 7 8 9 10
1 11 DrakePassage 5
Antarctic Peninsula South Shetland Islands
12
First Iceberg
Critter Club – Wildlife Checklist Antarctica in
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 4/1 5/1 6/1 7/1 8/1 9/1 10/1 11/1 12/1 13/1 14/1
Penguins Adélie Penguin Pygoscelis adeliae X X Chinstrap Penguin Pygoscelis antarctica X X X X X Gentoo Penguin Pygoscelis papua X X X X X Magellanic Penguin Spheniscus magellanicus X Emperor Penguin Aptenodytes forsteri Albatross Wandering Albatross Diomedea exulans X X X Southern Royal Albatross Diomedea epomophora X X Northern Royal Albatross Diomedea epomophora sanfordi Light-mantled Albatross Phoebetria palpebrata 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 Northern Giant Petrel Macronectes halli X X X X X X X X X X Southern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialoides X X X X Cape Petrel Daption capense X X X X X X X Antarctic Petrel Thalassoica antarctica X Snow Petrel Pagodroma nivea X White-chinned Petrel Procellaria aequinoctialis X Black-bellied Storm Petrel Fregetta tropica Wilsons Storm Petrel Oceanites oceanicus X X X X X X X Gulls, Terns Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus 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 South American Tern Sterna hirundinacea X Shearwaters, Prions Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea X Antarctic Prion Pachyptila desolata 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 Imperial Cormorant (blue-eyed) Leucocarbo atriceps X
BIRDS
January 4, 2023 – January 14, 2023
Depth |
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 4/1 5/1 6/1 7/1 8/1 9/1 10/1 11/1 12/1 13/1 14/1 BIRDS (continued) Skuas Brown Skua Stercorarius antarcticus X X X X X X South Polar Skua Stercorarius maccormicki X X X X Chilean Skua Stercorarius chilensis X Shorebirds Snowy (White-faced) Sheathbill Chionis albus X X X X MAMMALS Seals Weddell Seal Leptonychotes weddellii X X X X X X Crabeater Seal Lobodon carcinophaga X Leopard Seal Hydrurga leptonyx X Antarctic Fur Seal Arctocephalus gazella Southern Elephant Seal Mirounga leonina X South American Sea lion Otaria flavescens X Whales Southern Right Whale Eubalaena australis Blue Whale Balaenoptera musculus Humpback Whale Megaptera novaengliae X X X X X X X X X Antarctic Minke Whale Balaenoptera bonaerensis X X Fin Whale Balaenoptera physalus X X Killer Whale Orcinus orca X Dolphins Dusky Dolphin Lagenorhynchus obscurus X Peale's Dolphin Lagernorhynchus australis
Antarctica in Depth | January 4, 2023 – January 14, 2023
Critter Club – Wildlife Checklist
