Our last stop in the Falklands was New Island and it's rich history of whaling and sealing and being thee home to the first factory whaling ship to ply the southern ocean in 1905. This island is owned by the New Island Conservation Trust which has restored the stone hut built my thee marooned American sealer Captain Bernard, which is now a museum with information and artifacts from the whaling period. Sitting in the water at the front of the hut is the Canadian Minesweeper, "the Protector", which was apparently brough south from Canada in a failed sealing enterprise. The long walk took us through rugged terrain to steep cliffs and seals and rockhopper penguins. The wind here is fierce. Not so cold, but the wind is brutal!
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| rockhopper penguin |
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| old building New Island |
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| black browed albatross sitting on egg |
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| black browed albatross chick in nest |
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| doesn't Chris have the same hairdo as a rockhopper |
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| back view of rockhopper |
They are so cute!!!!!!
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