Mikkelsen Harbour

February 17 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-pointsRead more