(Please note that you should keep at least 5 metres away from a penguin away
from a colony, but also that penguins are curious creatures and often don't
obey the rules!)
SPEAKING WITH PENGUINS
by Akira
"Second meeting!"
When I walked on the ice beside the ship, she
came near to me calling my name "Akira?". Then I could recognize her immediately.
She is my sweet penguin I met at Syowa Station in 1998. According to her,
they (a group of them) came here from Syowa by walking and swimming while
doing a Seal Survey to find a place with no Leopard Seals. I was very happy
to know that she is still fine and she has three kids now. After another brief
conversation, we said "Good bye" and promised a "third meeting somewhere"
with each other. It was an unexpected and incredible but a really wonderful
second meeting with her. This will be my best memory of this Voyage. But!
I forgot to ask her name again this time...... I Hope to next time. Thanks
my sweet penguin.
"Happy New Year. We wish you happiness
from the bottom of the heart. 1 Jan 2000"
