Aoife McKenna is living on an Antarctic island, which is about the size of a football pitch.
Aoife McKenna said there were hundreds of penguin eggs on the island, and they hoped the first chicks would hatch during Christmas week
She is part of a team of five who over Christmas will be hosting visitors from cruise ships, counting penguins, and hoping to welcome the arrival of the first chicks of the season.UKAHT/Lisa FordOn the island there is also a post office - which Ms McKenna said saw 18,000 postcards pass through per season - and a gift shop.
"When those eggs hatch, which we hope is going to be really soon, we will be counting the number of chicks.UKAHT/Lisa Ford "We keep our distance from them because it's their territory, especially now during the breeding season. So they very much have the run of the island here.""They are not afraid of humans - I think they find us quite uninteresting, if I'm honest," said Ms McKennaMs McKenna also said it was "amazing" to see the whales in the bay and seals which had visited the island.
She said they would be having a lie-in, exchanging handmade Secret Santa gifts, playing games, talking to family, and enjoying some Christmas cheese they had been gifted by one of the ships.
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