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January 2024 22nd – Ushuaia, Argentina / Beagle Channel 23rd – Drake Passage – First Iceberg 57°28.55’ S, 66°30.96’ W 24th – Drake Passage 1) 25th AM – Detaille Island ZC/L 2) PM – Buchanan Passage ZC – Furthest South th 3) 26 AM – Fish Islands ZC 4) 27th AM – Petermann Island L 5) PM – Port Charcot L & Lemaire Channel ship cruise th 6) 28 AM – Danco island L 7) PM – Neko Harbour ~ Continental Landing L 8) 29th AM – Portal Point ~ Continental Landing L 9) PM – Charlotte Bay ZC / polar plunge th 10) 30 AM – Orne Harbour ~ Continental Landing L 11) PM – Fournier Bay ZC st 12) 31 AM – Palaver Point L 13) PM – Spert Island ZC February 2024 14) 1st AM – Deception Island: Whalers Bay ZC/L 2nd – Drake Passage 3rd – Drake Passage 4th – Beagle Channel / Ushuaia, Argentina ZC = Zodiac Cruise L = Landing
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Beyond the Antarctic Circle Ushuaia to Ushuaia, Argentina January 22 – February 4, 2024 Captain: Radomir Novosel Discovery Leader: Jonathan Fuhrmann Total Nautical Miles = 2076nm Southernmost Latitude Reached = 66°52.10’ S
Critter Club – Wildlife Checklist COMMON NAME BIRDS Penguins Adélie Penguin Chinstrap Penguin Gentoo Penguin Magellanic Penguin Emperor Penguin Albatross Wandering Albatross Southern Royal Albatross Northern Royal Albatross Light-mantled Albatross Grey-headed Albatross Black-browed Albatross Petrels Southern Giant Petrel Northern Giant Petrel Southern Fulmar Cape Petrel Antarctic Petrel Snow Petrel White-chinned Petrel Black-bellied Storm Wilsons Storm Petrel Gulls and Terns Kelp Gull Brown-hooded Gull Dolphin Gull Antarctic Tern South American Tern Arctic Tern Shearwaters and Prions Sooty Shearwater Antarctic Prion Slender-billed Prion Blue Petrel Common diving-petrel
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Pygoscelis adeliae Pygoscelis antarctica Pygoscelis papua Spheniscus magellanicus Aptenodytes forsteri Diomedea exulans Diomedea epomophora Diomedea epomophora sanfordi Phoebetria palpebrata Thalassarche chrysostoma Thalassarche melanophrys
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Ardenna grisea Pachyptila desolata Pachyptila belcheri Halobaena caerulea Pelecanoides urinatrix
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Critter Club – Wildlife Checklist COMMON NAME BIRDS continued Shags and Cormorants Antarctic Shag Skuas and Sheathbill Brown Skua South Polar Skua Chilean Skua Snowy (White-faced) Sheathbill MAMMALS Pinnipeds Weddell Seal Crabeater Seal Leopard Seal Antarctic Fur Seal Southern Elephant Seal South American Sea lion Cetaceans Southern Right Whale Blue Whale Humpback Whale Antarctic Minke Whale Sei Whale Fin Whale Killer Whale Dusky Dolphin Peale's Dolphin Other Notable Sightings Gentoo Chicks Chinstrap Chicks Shags Chicks Adelie Chicks Jellyfish Leopard Seal pup Weddell Seal Pup
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Beyond the Antarctic Circle | January 22 – February 3, 2024
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Leptonychotes weddellii Lobodon carcinophaga Hydrurga leptonyx Arctocephalus gazella Mirounga leonina Otaria flavescens Eubalaena australis Balaenoptera musculus Megaptera novaengliae Balaenoptera bonaerensis Balaenoptera borealis Balaenoptera physalus Orcinus orca Lagernorhynchus obscurus Lagernorhynchus australis
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