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We visited this small exposed island that is situated just northwest of the extreme tip of the Antarctic Peninsula. We landed at the end of the day, and caught the local population as it was settling in for the late summer night. The rocks were barren of plants, but lichens added their colors to the landscape. Ther...
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Here are the remains of the whaling factory that lies at the head of North Bay in Prince Olav Harbour on South Georgia. The station supported a floating whaling factory named the Restitution from 1911 to 1916. The shore-based factory that you see here was set up after the Restitution sank in 1916. The machines rem...
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The rusty buildings of this abandoned whaling community lie on the south shore of North Bay in Prince Olav Harbour. In 1911, this 18th-19th Century sealing center became a whaling center under the last whaling lease granted by the Falkland Islands. At first Prince Olav Harbour's whaling was run from the Restitution, a...
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Mirounga leonina. These Southern Elephant Seals are resting on the beach while they replace last year's seal skin coat with a new one. This catastrophic molt leaves them land-bound until their new skin and fur is complete. If they were forced into the cold water before the molt is complete, they would be unlikely to s...
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This street-level cliff-top view of La Jolla's Casa Beach faces west. It was taken in mid-January just prior to the spring Harbor Seal pupping season. Typically, photos of the San Diego/La Jolla seals show them lazing on the beach but a minimal amount of time spent at the railing at the end of the sea wall can provide ...
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This view of La Jolla's Casa Beach sea wall faces northwest. The wall was built in 1931 over rocks which had previously provided natural resting areas for harbor seals. In recent years, the wall has become an ideal viewing platform for observing harbor seal behavior up close. The seals are usually unconcerned about peo...
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This panorama records a scene which may never be seen again in the near future. In recent years, a colony of harbor seals has reclaimed it's traditional haul out site on La Jolla's Casa Beach, creating an ideal situation for viewing natural seal behavior. Unfortunately for the seals and the thousands of people who are ...
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There's no better way to spend an afternoon than sitting on a cliff watching seals flop happily in the sun...
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