WORDS & PHOTOGRAPHS NIGEL TISDALL
Close encounter with an iceberg near Pléneau Island
ON THE BLEAK AND CHILLY SHORES OF CUVERVILLE ISLAND, BLEACHED WHALEBONES LIE STREWN ACROSS THE ROCKS LIKE A SMASHED ONION. IT’S HERE THAT AROUND 7,0 0 0 PAIRS OF GENTOO PENGUINS — THE LARGEST ROOKERY IN THE ANTARCTIC PENINSULA — ARE DEMONSTRATING HOW THE SPECIES HAS MANAGED TO SURVIVE IN THIS SUBZERO WILDERNESS FOR THE PAST 40 MILLION YEARS.