The second time I went to Gardner was with Didier, who has spent the winter at Davis as the LIDAR physicist (I will explain about the LIDAR in another post sometime), and he was an excellent guide. It was a fantastic evening and we set out from around 10pm to have a look around and take some pictures while the sun was low in the sky. It was quite fantastic, with the possible exception of climbing down a very steep guano covered slope to get to a little bit of ice clinging to the far side of the island. Anyway, the picture at the start is of some nesting Adelie Penguins and the bright colored stuff in the background is the buildings of Davis Station. And here is a panorama (including Dider) taken on the far side of Gardner.
The second time I went to Gardner was with Didier, who has spent the winter at Davis as the LIDAR physicist (I will explain about the LIDAR in another post sometime), and he was an excellent guide. It was a fantastic evening and we set out from around 10pm to have a look around and take some pictures while the sun was low in the sky. It was quite fantastic, with the possible exception of climbing down a very steep guano covered slope to get to a little bit of ice clinging to the far side of the island. Anyway, the picture at the start is of some nesting Adelie Penguins and the bright colored stuff in the background is the buildings of Davis Station. And here is a panorama (including Dider) taken on the far side of Gardner.
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