Category: Penguin fingerprinting expedition
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A fond farewell
I am now back on land, trying to get used to my new sea legs that are still convinced the floor should be moving! It has been a wonderful expedition, in terms of experience and the samples we managed to collect. Antarctica is known as one of the last pristine wildernesses, and the beautiful landscape was definitely proof of this. I can understand now why explorers such as Shakleton and Charcot risked their lives to discover and study the continent,…