
Marine ecologist Vicky Warwick-Evans tells us more about her recent fieldwork studying Chinstrap penguins on the remote Nelson Island.Īfter crossing the Drake Passage in beautiful sunshine, surrounded by blowing humpback whales and porpoising penguins, we were left on the uninhabited island for our seven week camping adventure.

That pretty much sums up life at Harmony Point, Nelson Island, South Shetland Islands during January and February 2018. Four people, two tents, a lot of smelly penguins and boil-in-the-bag army rations.
