ANTARCTICA’S ROSS SEA: MAJESTIC ICE AND WILDLIFE
January 31, 2025 – February 22, 2025
Captain: Erwann Le Rouzic Discovery Leader: Jonathan Fuhrmann
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PENGUINS
Adélie Penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae)
Emperor Penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri)
ALBATROSS
Wandering Albatross (Diomedea exulans)
Northern Royal Albatross (Diomedea epomophora sanfordi)
Light Mantled Albatross (Phoebetria palpebrata)
Grey Headed Albatross (Thalassarche chrysostoma)
Bullers Albatros (Thalassarche bulleri)
Black Browed Albatross (Thalassarche melanophrys)
PETRELS
Northern Giant Petrel (Macronectes halli)
Southern Giant Petrel (Macronectes giganteus)
Southern Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialoides)
Cape Petrel (Daption capense)
Mottled Petrel (Pterodroma inexpectata)
Antarctic Petrel (Thalassoica antarctica)
Snow Petrel (Pagodroma nivea)
White Chinned Petrel (Procellaria aequinoctialis)
Wilsons Storm Petrel (Oceanites oceanicus)
Soft Pumaged Petrel (Pterodroma mollis)
White Headed Petrel (Pterodroma lessonii)
GULLS AND TERNS
Kelp Gull (Larus dominicanus)
Antarctic Tern (Sterna vittata)
SHEARWATERS AND PRIONS
Sooty Shearwater (Ardenna grisea)
Short Tailed Shearwater (Ardenna tenuirostris)
Antarctic Prion (Pachyptila desolata)
Common Diving Petrel (Pelecanoides urinatrix)
Unidendifiable Prions
SKUAS
Brown Skua (Stercorarius antarcticus)
South Polar Skua (Stercorarius maccormicki)
PINNIPEDS
Weddell Seal (Leptonychotes weddellii)
Crabeater Seal (Lobodon carcinophaga)
Leopard Seal (Hydrurga leptonyx)
CETACEANS
Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus)
Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaengliae)
Antarctic Minke Whale (Balaenoptera bonaerensis)
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Antarctica’s Ross Sea: Majestic Ice and Wildlife: January 31 – February 23, 2025
CETACEANS Continued
Fin Whale (Balaenoptera physalus)
Arnoux's Beaked Whale (Berardius arnuxii)
Long Finned Pilot Whale (Globicephala melas)
Killer Whale (Orcinus orca) – Type C (fish feeders)
ADDITIONAL SIGHTINGS FROM NZ DOWN TO THE ROSS SEA Silver Gull (Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae)
New Zealand Fur Seal (Arctocephalus forsteri)
Southern Royal Albatros (Diomedea epomophora)
Campbell Albatros (Thalassarche impavida)
Salvins Albatros (Thalassarche salvini)
Black Bellied Storm Petrel (Fregetta tropica)
White Capped Albatros (Thalassarche cauta steadi)
Shy Albatros (Thalassarche cauta)
Salp (Salpa thompsoni)
THE SNARES
Snares Crested Penguin (Eudyptes robustus)
Red Billed Gull (Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae scopulinus)
Snares Tomtit (Petroica macrocephala dannefaerdi)
COMMENTS
The rare white morph of Southern Giant Petrel seen 16/2 The beaked whales were near Scott Base and are very rare Mummified seals in the Dry Valleys were all Crabeater Seals Snares Tomtits are pitch black, different from mainland ones