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French Southern and Antarctic Lands
Short description of Adélie Land
Adélie Land is the French claim on the Antarctic continent, a wedge of ice running from the coast to the pole, and the Dumont d'Urville station stands on a rock islet of the Pointe Géologie archipelago at its edge. The emperor penguins that breed on the sea ice beside it are the colony filmed for the best known of all penguin documentaries. Adélie penguins nest on the bare rock in summer, Weddell seals lie in the leads, and the Astrolabe glacier calves into the sea nearby. The ship from Hobart reaches it only while the ice opens.
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Best time to visit: December – January
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- Emperor penguin colony at Pointe Géologie
- Dumont d'Urville station
- Adélie penguin rookeries on the rock
- Astrolabe glacier
- Weddell seals in the ice leads
- Icebergs grounded off the coast
- Snow petrels over the islets
- Midnight sun over the ice (December - January)