This is the day I went "dive tending" to help the scuba divers on there outing for the day. As you can imagine it takes a little more gear to go diving in Antarctic waters.

Here's a happy little fellow. Actually I'm not sure what he is all up in arms about, but they are Elephant Seals. These guys are massive and like to lay around with each other and sometimes atop one another.

These guys don't live right at Palmer Station, but only a short boat ride to the small surrounding islands. Most, if not all of the penguins have left the area for winter.

Just some more penguins.