Penguins and laundry

Today it was calm and clear, we took turns walking to the top of the island. The view was superb and we could see the vast expanse of ice and snow that covers everything. Only a few, very steep, mountains stick out. Near the beach there were 10-20 penguin colonies (Gentoo). Each has about 100 birds. Between some of them there were deep tracks in the snow along which the little Charlie Chaplin's waddle with their comical gait. One person stayed near the boat, in case of a sudden change in the weather. I took the chance to do some laundry. The water ran out of the bottom of a cliff of ice and froze on the beach, creating a circular basin of ice in which to wash. Even with insulated gloves it was cold. And the laundry was quite stiff by the time I got back to Balaena to hang it up!

Hoy hacia tranquilo y despejado, teníamos turnos para subir la isla. Las vistas fueron maravillosas y podemos ver grandes extensiones de hielo y nieve encima de toda. Unos muy empinados montañas se destacaron. Cerca de la playa fueran 10-20 colonias de pingüinos (Pingüino Papuda). Cada una tiene alrededores de 100 aves. Entre unas hay caminos excavados en la nieve y por ellas caminan los pequeños Charlie Chaplins con manera comicial. Una persona se quedó cerca del barco para estar lista para cambios del tiempo. Aproveché mi turno para lavar ropa. El agua cayó de un precipicio de hielo y se congeló por la playa, se hizo una baño de hielo en que pueda lavar. No obstante mis guantes aislados fue frío. Y cuando llegué al barco la ropa fue bastante rígido.

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