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Adelie rookery

Cape Royds is on the west side of Ross Island, to the north of McMurdo Station, and at the foot of Mt Erebus. It is home to an Adelie (Uh-DELL-ee) penguin colony that has had difficulty in recent years because of the mega-berg B-15 having indirectly required the penguins to walk too far to feed.
Cape Royd's is also the site of Shackleton's Nimrod hut, built/used from 1907-1909. Here's a good website about the hut with more photos: antarctica2000.net/gallery3/gallery3.html
Adelies on their nests of little rocks.JPG
Adelies on their nests of little rocks.JPG
Adelie rookery one of Dellbridge Island benind .JPG
Adelie rookery one of Dellbridge Island benind .JPG
Adelie rookery some penguins estatic display.JPG
Adelie rookery some penguins estatic display.JPG
Adelies contending with extensive sea ice on way to feeding.JPG
Adelies contending with extensive sea ice on way to feeding.JPG
Adelie rookery and sea ice .JPG
Adelie rookery and sea ice .JPG
Biologist at Royds C. Evans left behind a Dellbridge Isl back R.JPG
Biologist at Royds C. Evans left behind a Dellbridge Isl back R.JPG
Biologist in Adelie rookery across Pony Pond.JPG
Biologist in Adelie rookery across Pony Pond.JPG
Cape Royds Shackletons hut and Erebus .JPG
Cape Royds Shackletons hut and Erebus .JPG
Nesting Adelie penguins .JPG
Nesting Adelie penguins .JPG
Real live vegetation living on penguin poop at Royds.JPG
Real live vegetation living on penguin poop at Royds.JPG
Royds Pony Lake Biologist Backdoor Bay Cape Evans behind.JPG
Royds Pony Lake Biologist Backdoor Bay Cape Evans behind.JPG