Friday 24 August 2007

An Unusual Visitor

Today was a very special day - Richard had popped down to the Bonner Lab to do a bit of electrical work.... 'there's a strange-looking penguin on the runway' he said (knowing very well what it was) I went to the window to have a look and saw an Emperor penguin :) These are the largest of the penguins reaching over a metre tall. The nearest colony is some 13km away and they rarely visit Rothera, though most years there will be one or two who get lost and turn up here. Needless to say minutes after the radio call went out to announce its presence the whole base was out with cameras and huge grins.

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