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King George Island is one of the most occupied places in Antarctica, hosting several scientific bases of many nations. I was supposed to visit the Brazilian base there, but the sea was quite rough and Polarstern could not enter the narrow passage towards Admiralty Bay. The good side of it was to sight whales!! They are difficult to see from the helicopter and hide when the noise and helicopter generated wind disturbs the water surface – as you can see in the photo. Since they are mammals, whales need to come to the surface at times to breathe – and it is easy to spot them near islands. We also saw a few whales near the South Orkney's. The helicopter had a range of about 100 Km – so a searching flight would take about 2 hours. It was not an easy job. Tags for this Travel Tip: whales census helicopter antarctica |
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