As such although very cold and very windy at the time we don’t experience really cold temperatures. Although we can experience extremely high winds.

Although small, Signy has a very diverse ecosystem and is home to three species of breeding penguins, the Adelie, The Chinstrap (see photos) and the Gentoo.

Juvenile elephant seals wallow in certain areas of the island and occasionally with form wallows on the beach just in front of the station.

Fur seals start to inhabit the island from the start of January, turning up in small numbers at first but steadily increasing in number to an island population of around 12,000 by mid-February.

Occasionally other less common seals are sighted these are the Leopard, Crabeater and Weddell seal.