Adelie Penguins - Oates Land

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Adelie Penguins Cape Adare


Oates Land was named after Captain Oates who famously walked out of the tent on the way back from the South Pole with Captain Scott in 1912. It is a region of the coast of Eastern Antarctica approximately between Cape Adare in the East and Mawson's Hut in the West.



Photo; © Mike Usher - Pictures from an icebreaker cruise to Eastern Antarctica.