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    Mikkelsen Harbour

    February 17, 2025 in Antarctica ⋅ ❄️ 32 °F

    Last stop in Antarctica. (Sad face)
    Gentoo Penguin rookery, with 1 Chinstrap hanging out. (Our Expedition Leader Isa, named him Pedro)

    NAMESAKE: a Norwegian Arctic captain, first to take Sven Foyn (inventor of harpoon cannon) on a sealing and whaling trip

    DISCOVERY: by SwedAE 1901-04 Peder Mikkelsen

    LOCATION: small bay indenting the S side of Trinity Island between Skotts-berg and Borge-points    Read more