An Inconvenience of Penguins

Alex Burridge – Antarctica Travel Centre

An Inconvenience of Penguins

Jamie Lafferty is a journalist who originally hails from Glasgow in Scotland.  He’s travelled with our specialist South America Travel Centre business a couple of times before.
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I picked up this book at the airport on my way to Svalbard earlier this year.  I have to say it’s a really good read.  In short it’s a story of Jamie’s quest to see all of the world’s 18 penguin species.  He travels on a number of ships we work with and worked for Aurora; he thanks them in his book ‘Aurora Expeditions for giving me employment and changing my life.  I know you were short-staffed but still’.  Jamie’s style and Glaswegian humour make it a very interesting and fun read.

I particularly liked the last sentence of the book – and no I am not going to spoil it..

#1 Gentoo

#2.  Chinstrap

#3.  Adelie

#4.  Macaroni

#5.  Magellanic

#6.  King

#7. Emperor

#8.  Snares

#9.  Royal

#10.  Yellow-eyed

#11.  Erect Crested

#12.  Southern Rock-hopper

#13. Fjordland

#14.  Little

#15.  Humboldt

#16.  Galapagos

#17.  Northern Rock-hopper

#18.  African or Jackass

I just worked out I am up to 15 species, just the Erect Crested, Fjordland (both in NZ) and the Northern Rockhopper – which is not so easy to see (Tristan de Cunha), though possible on a Swan Hellenic repositioning voyage, which ends in Cape Town – so if you need to add African Penguin you can do that on the same voyage.

If you’d like to know where you can see all the world’s Click Here

Penguins and where you can see them.

Here are the best voyages to see as many different penguin species on one trip.

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GALAPAGOS OF THE SOUTHERN OCEAN

WESTERN ANTARCTICA SEMI-CIRCUMNAVIGATION

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