| 单词 | skua |
| 例句 | The oil drum she had seen when the skua flew over marked the beginning of civilization and the end of the wilderness. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z She was closer to the ocean than she thought, for the skua is a bird of the coastal waters of the Arctic. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Cormorants, skuas, and Cape pigeons wheeled in and out of the mist. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z From the mountainsides echoed the harsh donkey bray of gentoo penguins, the screech of skuas, and the bellowing of elephant seals. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z So a couple of eggs were taken by skuas, but no penguins were eaten in the making of this film – by sea lions, leopard seals, vampires bats, nothing. TV review: Black Mirror; Penguins - Spy in the Huddle 2013-02-11T23:05:01Z That evening we scanned the cliffs for puffins, Arctic skua, white-tailed eagles and sea eagles that nest and breed in the area. To the lighthouse – one of the UK’s toughest bike rides 2020-06-17T04:00:00Z There are hundreds of species: egrets, gulls, vultures, falcons, red knots, hawks, albatrosses, eagles, skuas, red plovers and several species that don’t exist anywhere else in the world. Bahia Bustamante: Argentina?s Secret (and Private) Answer to the Galapagos 2011-03-04T19:59:37Z Scientists with the British Antarctic Survey noticed dead brown skuas on Bird Island in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands starting on 7 October. News at a glance: Avian flu, a gene-therapy setback, and an opera about a fraudulent researcher 2023-11-01T04:00:00Z Avian flu has decimated seabird populations around Scotland's coast, including gannets on Bass Rock and skuas in Shetland. Flu hits breeding rate of UK's largest bird of prey 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z Occasionally, skuas, Antarctica's aggressive scavenger gulls, will follow the traverse all the way to the pole, where they circle for days, disoriented, desperate and unable to escape, before succumbing to exhaustion. Astrophysics and stale beer: What life is like working at the South Pole 2023-05-29T04:00:00Z The main birds affected were gannets, skuas, geese and gulls. New anti-bird flu rules as virus hits flocks in Lewis and Orkney 2022-10-17T04:00:00Z Until the end of August for breeding puffins, Arctic skuas and Arctic terns: Bird flu: People to avoid 23 small Scottish islands 2022-07-21T04:00:00Z Bird flu is devastating several species, including gannets, terns and great skuas along the UK coastline. Several hundred birds found dead at Norfolk nature reserve 2022-07-14T04:00:00Z NatureScot said great skua and gannets have been hardest hit by outbreaks this year. Isle of May and Noss reserves to shut amid bird flu cases 2022-06-27T04:00:00Z Reductions in the availability of sandworms and increased predation from great skuas are believed to have led to the sharp reduction in Arctic skua numbers. Breeding seabird numbers in Scotland almost halved since 1980s 2021-09-03T04:00:00Z “Responses to climate warming will differ depending on species and regions,” he said, for example predatory seabirds called skua found it harder to catch big and healthy penguin chicks. Adélie penguins could thrive as result of sea ice melting 2020-06-24T04:00:00Z Until mid-September for breeding great skuas, common terns, cormorants and fulmars: Bird flu: People to avoid 23 small Scottish islands 2022-07-21T04:00:00Z A colony of great skuas in the Shetlands, which amounts to 60% of the global breeding population, have been "absolutely hammered" by bird flu, Ms Ross-Smith added. Several hundred birds found dead at Norfolk nature reserve 2022-07-14T04:00:00Z Last week, wildlife rangers warned deaths of great skua in Scotland threatened to push the species' global population to the brink of extinction. Isle of May and Noss reserves to shut amid bird flu cases 2022-06-27T04:00:00Z The blooms' distribution is also heavily influenced by the proximity of seals, penguins and other Antarctic birds, such as skuas and kelp gulls. Antarctica's 'green snow' mapped from space 2020-05-20T04:00:00Z “Penguins are very strong … and skuas are extremely clever,” says Jacob González-Solís, an environmental and evolutionary biologist from the University of Barcelona who was on the team. Tourists may be making Antarctica’s penguins sick 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z Populations of guillemots, fulmars, razorbills, skuas and terns have all crashed. Dead kittiwakes, dwindling fish and oceans of plastic: my voyage of discovery 2018-10-07T04:00:00Z The rats—brought to the island by whalers and sealers as early as the late 18th century—ate the eggs and vulnerable chicks of seabirds, including albatrosses, skua, terns, and petrels. Large Island Declared Rat-Free in Biggest Removal Success 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z Several migratory birds, including the Arctic tern and skua are thought to be the most likely culprits for delivering the viruses to Antarctica. Fears for Antarctic penguins as new bird flu strain reaches frozen continent 2016-09-20T04:00:00Z Downy gray chicks chased after any adult that was plausibly their parent, begging for a regurgitated meal, or banded together for safety from the gull-like skuas that preyed on the orphaned and the failing-to-thrive. A Voyage to the End of the World 2016-05-23T04:00:00Z If you fail to catch a skua during your first approach, he says, it will never let you get close again. Tourists may be making Antarctica’s penguins sick 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z Seabirds called skuas are notorious for stealing meals like penguin eggs from each other in mid-air. Leopard Seals Are Bullies, Thieves, New Video Shows 2015-08-07T04:00:00Z It's not unique to pigeons: parrots, falcons, skuas, owls, some galliforms and others have ceres too. Voyeurism and Feral Pigeons 2015-06-29T04:00:00Z In 2013 Gabrielsen and his colleagues reported that the great skua, another Arctic seabird, transports organic pollutants from eastern Canadian waters to Iceland. Arctic Seabirds Expose Mercury’s Hiding Places [Slide Show] 2014-10-08T04:00:00Z "We expect we will lose the snowy owl, skua, and stoat," he says, noting that these three species are dependent on the lemmings to feed their young. Greenland Lemmings' Collapse Pushes Predators to Brink 2012-09-12T00:01:00Z We saw a moment ago that petrel chicks on nests need to defend themselves from raptors and also from predatory gulls and skuas. Living the pelagic life: of oil, enemies, giant eggs and telomeres (petrels part II) 2012-03-14T15:15:00.213Z They seem to be identical in species with the "skua," or "bonxie" of the Shetlands. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume I (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-02T03:00:25.873Z His usual diet is fish, except in sealing times; and of the fish he catches the marauding skua never fails to get his share. Wild Adventures round the Pole The Cruise of the "Snowbird" Crew in the "Arrandoon" 2011-12-15T03:00:12.560Z The skuas and guillemots stirred, and at long intervals screamed. The Divine Adventure Volume IV 2011-09-04T02:00:03.717Z The scientists also estimate the number of predators by counting their nests and dens, and keeping track of the number of fledged owls and skuas. Greenland Lemmings' Collapse Pushes Predators to Brink 2012-09-12T00:01:00Z Yet, early though it was, though the stars had not yet all fled from the west, sea-fowl were gracefully circling round—the gull, the tern, and the thievish skua. In the Land of the Great Snow Bear A Tale of Love and Heroism 2011-08-31T02:01:29.827Z I have seen a sick skua hunted continuously for over an hour by a mob of its own kind who would not allow it to settle on the ice for a moment's rest. Antarctic Penguins A Study of Their Social Habits 2011-08-03T02:00:14.143Z Now is the time for the skua to attack them. Wild Adventures round the Pole The Cruise of the "Snowbird" Crew in the "Arrandoon" 2011-12-15T03:00:12.560Z Through the not less silent quietudes of air the grey skuas swept with curving flight, and the narrow-winged terns made a constant white shimmer. The Divine Adventure Volume IV 2011-09-04T02:00:03.717Z The Traill Island project was originally launched to understand the effect of predators—primarily stoats, snowy owls, Arctic foxes, and long-tailed skuas—on the lemming cycle. Greenland Lemmings' Collapse Pushes Predators to Brink 2012-09-12T00:01:00Z So he and colleagues from Portugal and the UK conducted two surveys, five years apart, of the largest population of Falkland skuas, which nest on New Island. Shock decline of Falkland skuas 2011-04-06T08:55:26Z The skuas had increased considerably in numbers by November 4, and frequently came to the scrap-heap outside our hut. Antarctic Penguins A Study of Their Social Habits 2011-08-03T02:00:14.143Z A bold, black, hawklike rascal is this skua, a robber and a thief. Wild Adventures round the Pole The Cruise of the "Snowbird" Crew in the "Arrandoon" 2011-12-15T03:00:12.560Z The watchers had known it by the swift congregation of birds, particularly the gannets and skuas. The Divine Adventure Volume IV 2011-09-04T02:00:03.717Z During the summer we not only shot a number of fulmars, black guillemots, skuas, auks, and little auks, but also a couple of eider-ducks, and even a brace of broad-beaked snipe. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 Large skuas, and Falkland skuas in particular, rarely start nesting before they are six years old. Shock decline of Falkland skuas 2011-04-06T08:55:26Z A perpetual feud was carried on between the penguins and the skuas. Antarctic Penguins A Study of Their Social Habits 2011-08-03T02:00:14.143Z There is proverbially strength in numbers, and the skua, after such an organized encounter, is almost always found floating lifeless upon the surface of the sea. Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia Not a bird was to be seen in the gloomy crevasse; although the skuas and black-backed gulls were flying about and clamouring before the face of the cliff. The Adventure League For instance, Scott-Hansen and I one night shot 9 little auks, 1 kittiwake, and 1 skua, and the following day 21 more little auks and 2 black guillemots. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 One possibility is that the Falkland skua is suffering at the hands of a competitor. Shock decline of Falkland skuas 2011-04-06T08:55:26Z The bitterness of the penguins' hatred of the skuas was well shown in the neighbourhood of our scrap-heap. Antarctic Penguins A Study of Their Social Habits 2011-08-03T02:00:14.143Z At first I took it to be a kittiwake, but soon discovered it rather resembled the skua by its swift flight, sharp wings, and pointed tail. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 Vol. I Or you might get a sight of an Arctic skua going north, or a black guillemot with a fish in its mouth flying fast to feed its young. An Orkney Maid Above our heads, all up the face of the cliff, the little auks kept up a continual hubbub, faithfully supported by the ivory-gulls, kittiwakes, burgomasters, and skuas. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 Now and then that daring highwayman among birds, the skua, or robber-gull, is seen on the watch for a victim. Foot-prints of Travel or, Journeyings in Many Lands Very rarely did one of these leave the heap until another came to relieve it as long as there were skuas about, but when the skuas went the penguins left it too. Antarctic Penguins A Study of Their Social Habits 2011-08-03T02:00:14.143Z I now got a closer view of them, and discovered that they were too light colored to be skuas. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 Vol. I On either side of the gulls, and closely associated with them in habits and in structure, is a group of birds equally characteristic of the open coast, the skuas and terns. Birds in the Calendar Mr. Dunn says he once saw, while shooting on Rona's Hill, a pair of skua gulls chase and completely beat off a large sea eagle. Mamma's Stories about Birds The glaucous gulls' plunderer, the skua, and its chastiser the bold tern, were also observed, as were a few barnacle geese. The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II When the skuas returned, however, and without the lapse of a few seconds, a penguin would be seen to detach itself from the knoll and run to guard the heap. Antarctic Penguins A Study of Their Social Habits 2011-08-03T02:00:14.143Z We saw a number of sea birds to-day, and two at least were skuas, black looking thieves among their white cousins. From Edinburgh to India & Burmah A skua gull appeared from the south and hovered round the sledges during the afternoon, then it settled on the snow once or twice and we tried to catch it. South with Scott The skua could see its little, cruel eyes gleaming like gimlet-holes in the wall of a lighted room. The Way of the Wild The skua in this way commonly takes part in the plundering of every eider island. The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II The air was full of wings and screams, where gulls, gannets, and skuas swooped and splashed, quarrelling because they got in one another's way at the feast. Children of the Wild It seemed to me, forsooth, that a great black-backed gull or fierce skua would give me a fine flight or two. Wulfric the Weapon Thane The skuas and the cormorants, And all the puffin clan, The stormy petrels, gulls, and terns, They hopped, and skipped, and ran With very injudicious speed To join that oily man. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, February 28, 1891 The skua was sitting motionless, with his head looking straight in front of him. The Way of the Wild All the hundreds of skuas which I have seen, besides, have had the throat and lower part of the body coloured white. The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II The summits exist no longer where the labbes and the skua gulls used to flock together, soaring, like the envious, to sully high places. The Man Who Laughs Some skuas were seen yesterday, a very late date. Scott's Last Expedition Volume I And the result was so satisfactory that the skua at once began to figure prominently on the menu. The Voyages of Captain Scott : Retold from the Voyage of the Discovery and Scott's Last Expedition It was only a little sound, and it gave the skua barely a fraction of a second's warning; but, he being a wild thing, it was enough. The Way of the Wild The skua breeds upon low, unsheltered, often water-drenched headlands and islands, where it lays one or two eggs on the bare ground, often without trace of a nest. The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II The skuas take advantage of this peculiarity to the length of waiting about till a chance presents itself, when they swoop down, pick up an egg with their beak and fly off. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 Several skuas seen—three seals up in our Bay—several off Pram Point in the shelter of Horse Shoe Bay. Scott's Last Expedition Volume I To ward off any chance of scurvy, it was determined to keep rigidly to a fresh-meat routine throughout the winter, and consequently a great number of seals and skuas had to be killed. The Voyages of Captain Scott : Retold from the Voyage of the Discovery and Scott's Last Expedition Ten minutes later the skua was calmly and safely asleep upon the top of a frowning black stack of rock, untroubled, I think, even by dreams of the terrible things he had gone through. The Way of the Wild No pieces of egg-shell were seen, but the petrels and skuas had been there in force and probably would have taken all scraps of this kind. South: the story of Shackleton's 1914-1917 expedition Almost immediately the frozen carcase was mutilated and torn by skua gulls. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 The skuas seem to have gone, the last was seen on Sunday. Scott's Last Expedition Volume I At first the skua had been regarded as unfit for human food, but Skelton on a sledding trip had caught one in a noose and promptly put it into the pot. The Voyages of Captain Scott : Retold from the Voyage of the Discovery and Scott's Last Expedition Before his advent that strip of wild sea-coast had been, mercifully, without its skuas. The Way of the Wild As we were leaving this old friend and setting our course as it advised, to our unspeakable astonishment two great birds -- skua gulls -- suddenly came flying straight towards us. The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian Antarctic expedition in the "Fram," 1910-12 — Volume 1 and Volume 2 Several of our party received black eyes as a result of attacks by skuas. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 Seals and penguins capture these fish, as also, doubtless, the skuas and the petrels. Scott's Last Expedition Volume I As we were leaving this old friend and setting our course as it advised, to our unspeakable astonishment two great birds — skua gulls — suddenly came flying straight towards us. The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian antarctic expedition in the "Fram," 1910-1912 — Volume 2 Night came fluttering her sable wings across the scene, breathing and sighing audibly in the first silence that wild landscape of storms and squalls had known throughout the day, and the skua moved. The Way of the Wild On Christmas Day we took a holiday, and Lindstr�m prepared a banquet of skua gulls. The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian Antarctic expedition in the "Fram," 1910-12 — Volume 1 and Volume 2 The skuas are bare-faced robbers and most rapacious, harassing the penguins in particular. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 With the first spilling of blood the skua gulls assemble, and soon, for them at least, there is a gruesome satisfaction to be reaped. Scott's Last Expedition Volume I On Christmas Day we took a holiday, and Lindström prepared a banquet of skua gulls. The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian antarctic expedition in the "Fram," 1910-1912 — Volume 2 It was what was unseen that the skua was thinking about. The Way of the Wild Pencroft recognized the skua and other gulls among them, the voracious little sea-mew, which in great numbers nestled in the crevices of the granite. The Mysterious Island Ordinarily their food is obtained from the water, but at Macquarie Island they live almost entirely upon the carcases left by the sealers, and are usually seen defending their rights against skuas and giant petrels. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 To-night I noticed a skua gull settle on an upturned block of ice at the edge of the floe on which several penguins were preparing for rest. Scott's Last Expedition Volume I It left the skua, however; left him still floating, floating, floating up one long breaker's side, and sliding down its other side to its fellow behind, towards the shore—always towards the shore. The Way of the Wild With the one available eye—the eye left him in working condition by the herring-gull's clumsy efforts—flaming like a live-coal, that implacable skua watched him go. The Way of the Wild But upon the fourth day the skua came back. The Way of the Wild The skuas were now returning to the island and their numbers and corresponding clamour were daily increasing. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 A skua is nesting on a rock between the ponies and the dogs. Scott's Last Expedition Volume I Then at last the skua rose again, and swept hurriedly out to sea to meet a small black-and-white speck that was coming in. The Way of the Wild Then the skua lay down, and thereafter surrendered himself to that utter reaction which birds, who live more intensely in action than almost any other creatures, have brought to an apparently exaggerated pitch. The Way of the Wild The skua remained as still as the bowlder he sat upon. The Way of the Wild Near the landing-place there were at least sixty seals and snow petrels; skua gulls and Wilson petrels soon betrayed their nests to the biologists. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 Quantities of whale birds about the ship, the first fulmars and the first McCormick skua seen. Scott's Last Expedition Volume I Probably he had thought that the skua was a gull, and a wounded one. The Way of the Wild She showed the skua, a black knob atop of the black blob of his bowlder, apparently fast asleep, invisible if we did not know he was there. The Way of the Wild A venturesome skua gull appeared at lunch time, just as an observation for latitude was being taken. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 The skuas are web-footed, but are very rarely seen in the water. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 Hundreds of skuas were nesting and attacked in the usual manner as I passed. Scott's Last Expedition Volume I The skuas, as they are commonly called, are large brown birds which resort to the island in great numbers for the purpose of breeding. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 The skua was scarcely bleeding at all now, but he had left enough of a trail for them—they who make a specialty of the job. The Way of the Wild The skuas had returned, and on the 19th the advance-guard of the Royal penguins arrived. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 We saw several dead ones, crushed out almost flat, and some skuas were busily engaged gorging themselves on the carcases. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 The latter turned and repeated their former tactics until the skua finally flapped away altogether. Scott's Last Expedition Volume I Masses of Adelie penguins and chicks constituted the main population, and skua gulls with eggs were also observed. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 Perhaps the skua felt that, after his collision at sea, his bolt would be soon shot, and he had better do what he was going to do as quickly and thoroughly as possible. The Way of the Wild At a point more than one hundred and twenty-five miles from the sea, a skua gull paid an afternoon call, alighting a few yards from the track. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 At the sloping end, dozens of skuas were busily engaged washing themselves and the flapping of their wings in the water made a remarkable noise, audible at a considerable distance on the hill-tops. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 Two skuas came round the camp at lunch, no doubt attracted by our 'Shambles' camp. Scott's Last Expedition Volume I A very inquisitive skua gull—the first sign of life we had seen thus far—flew around the tent and settled on the snow near by. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 But they were all innocent, except in the opinion of the fish and shell-fish, and no manner of folk to trouble the pirate skua. The Way of the Wild McLean was busy collecting biological specimens, managing to secure a large number of parasites from penguins, skua gulls, giant petrels, snow petrels, Wilson petrels, seals and an Emperor penguin, which came up on the harbour-ice. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 Three eggs, much like those of the skua in colour, but with a greener tint and smaller, are laid, but generally only two are hatched. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 A skua gull visited us on the march this afternoon—it was evidently curious, kept alighting on the snow ahead, and fluttering a few yards as we approached. Scott's Last Expedition Volume I As the tents were being pitched, a skua gull flew down. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 The skua fought with the cunning and precision of the professional, plus such a rage as can only be described as berserk. The Way of the Wild I snared him with a line, using dog's flesh for bait and we had stewed skua for dinner. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 It reminded one of a creek in flat, Australian country, and the illusion was sustained by a dark skua gull—in its slow flight much like a crow. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 Hoadley returned at 9 P.M. and reported that he had seen an immense rookery of Emperor penguins near the largest islet, besides Adelie penguins, silver-grey, Wilson and Antarctic petrels and skua gulls. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 Attached to each rookery was a pair of skua gulls, who swooped down and quickly flew off with any eggs left for a moment untended. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 There is a difference, however, between the skuas and the gulls, though they bear a family likeness. The Way of the Wild Bird life was not plentiful, being limited to a few skuas, Wilson petrels and snow petrels; the latter nesting under slabs of rock. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 Hundreds of snow petrels flew about and some stray skua gulls were seen. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 The skua gulls, snow and Wilson petrels were laying their eggs, and Hamilton went ashore to secure specimens and to add to our already considerable collection of bird skins. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 Three skua gulls squatted a few yards away, squawking at our approach, and a few snow petrels sailed by in the gathering blizzard. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 A dusky, nearly brown—for they vary much in color—female skua came with him. The Way of the Wild While the sledges were being loaded, ten skua gulls paid us a visit, and, as roast skua is a very pleasant change of food, Jones shot six of them. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 Two more skuas were snared for the evening's dinner. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 The penguins remained in Adelie Land for the longest period—almost six months, the skua gulls and giant petrels for five months, and the rest for a shorter period—the tolerable season of midsummer. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 The silver-grey petrels and Cape pigeons were only abroad during that season and were accompanied by skua gulls, giant petrels, Wilson petrels, and penguins. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 The skua stared, and as he stared a great terror seized him. The Way of the Wild Giant petrels and skua gulls swarmed in flocks round the seals' and penguins' carcases. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 Three days later, at the call of the season, a skua gull came flapping over the Hut. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 Stewed skua was the feature of our Christmas Eve supper. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 |
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