Kia ora<\/p>\n
I came back from my second trip to the white continent last January.\u00a0 This was a great trip but a terrible year for the wildlife living\u00a0 in this part of Antarctica (Terre Ad\u00e9lie). None of the Adelie penguins succeed to breed and the juvenile mortality of the Emperor penguins was at its highest since the monitoring of the colony started in the\u00a0 60s. A very bad year indeed!<\/p>\n
The main reason was the\u00a0 sea ice along Antarctica coast which\u00a0 did not melt in spring & summer as it usually does every year. Consequently adult penguins had to walk longer distance before reaching the open sea where they forage.\u00a0 They came back then less often to the colony and most of the chicks died of starvation.<\/p>\n
You might think that this weather anomaly is in contradiction with global temperature increase but another very intriguing event was the first time rain was recorded at the base of Dumont D’Urville. The explanation lies within wind pattern change at higher latitude.<\/a> Climate change in action…<\/p>\n Regarding photography, I did far less pictures this time compared to my first trip in 2009 as I was very busy with my job but I was lucky to take more photographic gears with me\u00a0 including a medium format film camera\u00a0 (Mamiya 7II + 50mm) and an Holga 120.<\/p>\n I have not finished to develop the film rolls yet so only\u00a0 pictures made with my DSLR have been posted. The best pictures of 2009 and 2013 are presented\u00a0 in the Terre Adelie gallery.\u00a0 <\/a><\/p>\n A bient\u00f4t, Dominique<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Kia ora I came back from my second trip to the white continent last January.\u00a0 This was a great trip but a terrible year for the wildlife living\u00a0 in this part of Antarctica (Terre Ad\u00e9lie). None of the Adelie penguins succeed to breed and the juvenile mortality of the Emperor penguins was at its highest … Continue reading Antarctica gallery updated with new pictures<\/span>