From the beginning of entering Drake, you can see all kinds of seabirds. These seabirds are very interesting. The bigger the wind and waves, the more exciting they are.

When you go to Antarctica, you will encounter white-shed gulls, all over white, only with a light pink mouth, which is particularly beautiful, but they are keen on eating shit. They usually live near penguins' gatherings and look for some incompletely digested krill and fish in penguins' excrement.

This kind of bird is a bit unethical. Sometimes when the parents of penguins feed the penguins, they will suddenly fly over and stick out their soles from the side to kick the penguins.

The little penguins are stupid. With a kick, the food will fall to the ground. Neither the big penguin nor the little penguin will pick up the food, so they can only look at the food on the ground with regret. At this time, the white-shed gull makes a brilliant appearance, picking up the food with a swagger, and eating it happily.

Almost all Antarctic tourism companies are members of the International Antarctic Tourism Organization Association. Everyone strictly abides by treaties for protecting Antarctic wild animals, plants and landforms. Therefore, Antarctic animals have been well protected over the years and basically do not have much precautions for humans.

When we landed two years ago, I sat on the beach. There were often babies of elephant seals looking up and down at me. If I didn’t move, I would squirm at me, lying on my legs, treating me as another seal. When it looked up at me, its eyes were big and round, watery, making people completely unable to resist.

Later, because zoologists discovered that such interactions with humans might affect the behavior of seals, they required all landings to take the initiative to leave when the seals approached.

Every time a baby seal is close to me, I will avoid it. They will look at me like a puppy, as if they are saying that we are not friends? Why are you avoiding me?

In addition, at a landing point near the Widdle Sea, there are Adria penguins all over the mountains. These penguins look very unique, with their entire heads black, with only a small white circle of eyes, each of which looks like drama                                                                                                  �

Once, I was sitting on a boat to rest, and suddenly a goose popped out of the water, and the whole goose jumped directly into the boat. After coming in, it was still angry, as if the boat was itss, and kept shouting at me.

Later I stood up and stayed away from it, and it stopped calling, as if I just said ok, "Okay, if you leave, I won't bother with you."

When you observe a large group of penguins, you can see various dramatic events in their penguin society - for example, throwing stones to each other, quarrel with each other, and if you can't argue, fight with each other...

I also saw a penguin child who was about the same age as his mother, and he was begging to get warm under his mother's belly. I could imagine the scene of an adult lying at home.

After being in contact for a long time, I found that every penguin, or every animal, has its own personality and behavior, which is very fun.

Among the many animals, I personally prefer humpback whales. Seeing whales is a very exciting thing for me, especially when they are particularly close to the ship. In an intuitive comparison, the sudden appearance of this giant beast in the sea will make people feel both excited and fearful.

The lines on the tail of a humpback whale are like human fingerprints. You can identify a whale through its tail. There is a website called happy whale, where you can check the whale you see.

If you find that you are the first to discover it, you can also name it. After that, whenever someone witnesses the whale appearing, the website will send you a message to tell you.

This is a wonderful connection between you and a whale!

One night before, I was drinking and chatting on the deck with a lady in her 70s who came to Antarctica alone. Suddenly, twenty or thirty whales appeared around us. The big whale led the little whales, and the little whales were jumping around, and the water surface was boiling for a moment!

Baby whale is like a child, showing the new skills it has just learned with excitement. It jumps up, shook its tail, and turns. Several whales suddenly squirt together, dive together, and advance together...

We were both stunned, and the lady suddenly started to cry wildly. At that time, she felt that the camera was redundant, so we just stood there and watched silently.

Zwig wrote a biography called "The Great Tragedy" in "When the Stars of Humanity Shine", telling the 12th year of British explorer Scott leading a team to conquer the South Pole with Norwegian Amundsen.

The protagonist of the story, Scott, arrived at the South Pole five weeks later than his opponent, and he was unfortunately killed in a row of bad weather.

This story is a particularly famous chapter in the history of Antarctic adventure. Although Scott failed, he also became one of the most famous explorers in history because of his story and courage.

It happened that when I was working on the boat, an explorer colleague was also named Scott. After chatting with him a few times, I found that he was the grandson of the famous Scott.

When we work together, as long as we have the opportunity to go out, he will stand in the boat and see the sea and glaciers, and he will suddenly become very excited. Once he drove a boat outside for six or seven hours. When he came back, he was frozen, but his eyes were still shining, and he felt like he was injected with chicken blood.

Like him, many people in our industry have some family heritage, and they have the adventurous spirit passed down from generation to generation.

After doing this job, I often ask, “What is your serious job?”

This is my serious job!

One view that my colleagues and I agree with is that if you do something and open your eyes every morning and don’t say you’re happy and impatient, then why do you do it?

In the past three years, Antarctica has been home, office, and paradise for me. Every time I arrive at Antarctica, I see the ice and snow, the sea breeze, and smell the smell of penguins, I feel very friendly, as if I have returned home. There is an old saying that peace of mind is where I go, and I think Antarctica is where I feel at ease.

Ding Xu was also excited. Imagine standing in front of a huge six-story iceberg, so close to the whales, you will hear them breathing, and of course parade with penguins.

Have the opportunity to follow the footsteps of famous explorers while creating your own unique experiences that will keep these experiences in mind for the rest of your life.

It’s hard not to be excited or even emotional when you sail by the iceberg and approach this spectacular white land, which is the right reward for conquering the Drake Strait.

As you enter the attractions, there is no sound apart from the waves and the buzz of your companion passengers.

It's a perfect moment, whether you want to cheer with other passengers or have a moment of quiet reflection. Pick up the binoculars, zoom in with your camera or just stare at: Antarctica is a stunning sight.
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