How an Antarctic cruise passenger’s illness led to the discovery of a new penguin colony

The ship encountered a colony of chinstrap penguins at Diaz Rock – Alamy, Sarak Knapton The remote Antarctic island of Diaz Rock was supposed to be deserted, but when penguin experts trained their binoculars on the rock, little eyes looked back. While guarding their ascetic stone nests, a completely undiscovered colony of chinstrap penguins emerged, … Read more