Tag: penguin
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A Well Timed Day At Sea
At home, the weekend comes after five days of school, unless there is a holiday or something special, it is predictable. A routine we know, and can pace ourselves for — but when we travel sometimes we have four amazing, full days in a row, other times we get an easy day after each day…
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The Flat Friends Final Day Of Scenic Cruising In Antarctica Was A Huge Success!
For four days it has seemed like something amazing was just waiting to be discovered just outside our cruise ship. We sailed among whales… truly among them! They were on all sides of us, several everywhere we looked! Penguins raced alongside the ship, and posed for pictures on shore. We sailed near icebergs that seemed…
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The Flat Friends Almost Missed The Penguin Colony!
It seems like the bright white bellies, and bold black backsides of penguins would make them easy to see, but Mother Nature knows what it is doing! These animals are able to blend in to the rocks, and water. At first glance it was hard to believe we had arrived at a much anticipated stop…
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The Flat Friends Returned To (Port) Stanley And Our Ship
It was another three hours by 4×4 back to the ship… the majority of that time spent bumping along the trail and chatting with our guide and fellow travelers. Our visit was the end of January and Flat Halena was shocked the schools were just reopening after summer break! It never occurred to her that…
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The Flat Friends Picnicked Near A Penguin Colony!
Our 4x4s took us back down the hill and across the water to a beach, and an area with picnic tables. The drivers parked around the tables, blocking the wind, and encouraged us to bundle up and go photograph penguins while they set out lunch. (Hot soup, hot drinks and sandwiches.) Can you identify the…
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(Port) Stanley, Falkland Islands —- A Chance To See Penguins
Last year, Flat Hal and Flat Stanley saw Gentoo and King Penguins in the Falkland Islands. This year Flat Hal and Flat Halena signed up for a longer tour, in a 4×4 vehicle that went off road. It took them to see FIVE different kinds of penguins! Can you see the trail for our vehicles…
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Gentoo Penguins in the Falkland Islands
#flathal #flatstanley #falklandislands Very near where the King Penguins were hanging out was the colony of Gentoo Penguins. Small white flags were stuck in the ground to let human visitors know where the constantly shifting boundary we should not cross was at the moment. This is the penguins territory, we may visit it so long…
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Penguins in the Falkland Islands
#flathal #flatstanley #falklandislands #penguins The flat fellas joined a tour out to see two colonies of penguins. Here are pictures of some of the King Penguins, including some fuzzy babies. The totally fuzzy appearance means they are less than a year older. They will not have the vibrant colors of the adults until they are…
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Scenic Cruising in Antarctica
#flatstanley #flathal #antarctica Flat Hal and Flat Stanley had a fantastic last day of scenic cruising in Antarctica. When we first stepped outside to take photos it was snowing— leading to interesting attempts to get the camera to focus on the white landscape and animals with a lot of white in them. The sun came…
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Day 2 Antarctica Showed Up Ready For Pictures!
#flatstanley #antarctica #flathal @hollandamericaline After showing us its moody side, Antarctica dazzled the flat fellas with endless expanses of ice, mountains, and the occasional wild animal. “A Colony of Gentoo Penguins to Port!” It was such an exciting announcement. The flat fellas joined other passengers in rushing to the rails of the ship. The scoured…
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Antarctica has its own color palette.
#flatstanley #flathal #antarctica A place without fire engine red, except on man-made structures, this is a content that mixes blues with gray tones to create a unique landscape all its own. The blue ice here is like the blue ice in glaciers the world over, the bluer it is — as we understand it —…