Signy Island - Summer 2017-18
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![Signy in the Mank](images/IMG_4356_400.jpg)
Signy in the Mank
![Adelie penguin colony and icebergs between Signy and Coronation Islands](images/IMG_4459_400.jpg)
Adelie penguin colony and icebergs between Signy and Coronation Islands
![Icebergs between Signy and Coronation Islands](images/IMG_4462_400.jpg)
Icebergs between Signy and Coronation Islands
![Gourlay peninsula, now with two huts!](images/IMG_4464_400.jpg)
Gourlay peninsula, now with two huts!
![Getting about by skidoo when there's enough snow](images/IMG_4472_400.jpg)
Getting about by skidoo when there's enough snow
![The easy way to get up the Gourlay snow slope](images/IMG_4474_400.jpg)
The easy way to get up the Gourlay snow slope
![Gourlay and penguins in summer](images/IMG_4480_400.jpg)
Gourlay and penguins in summer
![Gourlay and penguins in summer](images/IMG_4483_400.jpg)
Gourlay and penguins in summer
![One of each of the major penguin species in Signy - Adelie, Chinstrap and Gentoo](images/IMG_4523_400.jpg)
One of each of the major penguin species in Signy - Adelie, Chinstrap and Gentoo
![Elephant seals relaxing on an ice floe in front of base](images/IMG_4538_400.jpg)
Elephant seals relaxing on an ice floe in front of base
![Young elepahnt seals practising to become beach master](images/IMG_4541_400.jpg)
Young elepahnt seals practising to become beach master
![Signy and Coronation - summer](images/IMG_4545_400.jpg)
Signy and Coronation - summer
![Adelie penguins getting about on ice-floes](images/IMG_4547_400.jpg)
Adelie penguins getting about on ice-floes
![A view from Gourlay](images/IMG_4548_400.jpg)
A view from Gourlay
![A view from Gourlay](images/IMG_4565_400.jpg)
A view from Gourlay
![A view from Gourlay](images/IMG_4579_400.jpg)
A view from Gourlay
![Base H, cove full of ice floes](images/IMG_4581_400.jpg)
Base H, cove full of ice floes
![Old whale harpoon heads, probably brought from South Georgia to use as weights on fishing nets, now just ornamental](images/IMG_4582_400.jpg)
Old whale harpoon heads, probably brought from South Georgia to use as weights on fishing nets, now just ornamental
![Weather vane on the old boatshed](images/IMG_4583_400.jpg)
Weather vane on the old boatshed
![Adelie penguin and chicks](images/IMG_4604_400.jpg)
Adelie penguin and chicks
![White phase Giant Petrel, about 10% are this colour](images/IMG_4633_400.jpg)
White phase Giant Petrel, about 10% are this colour
![The lounge at Christmas, still looks like a doctors waiting room](images/IMG_4636_400.jpg)
The lounge at Christmas, still looks like a doctors waiting room
![Bringing the news of Christmas to penguins](images/IMG_4639_400.jpg)
Bringing the news of Christmas to penguins
![Bringing the news of Christmas to penguins](images/IMG_4640_400.jpg)
Bringing the news of Christmas to penguins
![Christmas dinner 2017](images/IMG_4646_400.jpg)
Christmas dinner 2017
![Getting about by skidoo when there's enough snow](images/IMG_4679_400.jpg)
Getting about by skidoo when there's enough snow
![Looking South West, Moe Island](images/IMG_4689_400.jpg)
Looking South West, Moe Island
![Looking South West, Moe Island](images/IMG_4693_400.jpg)
Looking South West, Moe Island
![Taking the quick way down a snow slope](images/IMG_4696_400.jpg)
Taking the quick way down a snow slope
![West coast ridge](images/IMG_4699_400.jpg)
West coast ridge
![Has he lost his skis?](images/IMG_4701_400.jpg)
Has he lost his skis?
![Moss bank](images/IMG_4712_400.jpg)
Moss bank
![Broken up pack ice, early summer](images/IMG_4714_400.jpg)
Broken up pack ice, early summer
![A verdant moss bank](images/IMG_4720_400.jpg)
A verdant moss bank
![Broken up pack ice, early summer, west coast looking towards Sandefjords](images/IMG_4728_400.jpg)
Broken up pack ice, early summer, west coast looking towards Sandefjords
![Foca hut, updated for a new century!](images/IMG_4800_400.jpg)
Foca hut, updated for a new century!
![West coast, Giant Petrels nesting](images/IMG_4804_400.jpg)
West coast, Giant Petrels nesting
![Wave Peak on Coronation Island and the Laws Glacier](images/IMG_4808_400.jpg)
Wave Peak on Coronation Island and the Laws Glacier
![The west coast](images/IMG_4810_400.jpg)
The west coast
![Moss bank](images/IMG_4811_400.jpg)
Moss bank
All pictures on this page © Jean-Baptiste Thiebot