Adelie Penguins - Oates Land
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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.