Port Lockroy was discovered in 1903 and is the most popular tourist stop in Antarctica (in 1998-1999 there were 6,473 visitors).  Our landing was at Jougla Point where there is a Gentoo penguin rookery.

There was a whaling station here until about 1931.  A British station was established in 1943 and was staffed almost continuously until 1962.  There is currently a small post office and souvenir shop that is open during portions of the summer, but it is on an island and we landed on a small peninsula.

As you can tell, the weather improved greatly from the morning at Lemaire Channel.

ANPL0003 (Blue skies greeted us)		ANPL0007 (This was the first Zodiac to go ashore)
ANPL0010 (This iceberg got a little too close)		ANPL0012 (On their way to look at penguins)
ANPL0017 (Heading for the gap between the island on the left (British station) and Jougla Point)		ANPL0018 (The wind was blowing, but on the water it was fairly calm)
ANPL0020 (A whale spouting between us and the shore)		ANPL0025 (Gentoo penguin rookery)
ANPL0026 (Most sit on nests made of rocks)		ANPL0030 (Protecting the baby penguins)
ANPL0031 (A Blue-Eyed Shag or Antarctic Cormorant among the penguins)		ANPL0033 (The rookery is located in a protected area with high mountains around it)
ANPL0034 (I'm proud to be a penguin)		ANPL0035 (The MV Discovery is a twin to the one used on the "Loveboat" television show)
ANPL0042 (Group of whale bones under the snow)		ANPL0046 (I'm walking, yes I'm walking)
ANPL0055 (Their streamlined shape allows them to be very fast in the water)		ANPL0068 (A whale skeleton from days when the whalers stopped here)
ANPL0075 (I'm still walking)		ANPL0081 (There were red-coated penguin lookers also among the penguins)
ANPL0106 (Don't take anything away except photos, even leave dirt from our shoes)		ANPL0085 (The British station on Wiencke Island)
ANPL0090 (The sun on the water, clouds on the hill)		ANPL0093 (The British station sits under a massive mountain with a ice flow)
ANPL0096 (Another day in Antarctica)		ANPL0101 (We are leaving Port Lockroy)

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