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Showing posts with label Landscape. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Landscape. Show all posts
Thursday, 21 March 2013
Paradise Bay, Antarctica
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| Red lichen, Paradise Bay. the Lichen attracts Penguin which emphasise the red colour with their droppings. ibrary.thinkquest.org/26442/html/life/plant.html |
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| Green Lichen, Paradise Bay. www.anta.canterbury.ac.nz/documents/2008.../Little_2_Report.pdf |
Paradise Bay, Antarctica
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| Ross ,of Ross Sea fame , waxed lyrical about the scenery, ''..........feelings of indescibable delight upon a scene of grandeur and magnificence far beyond anything we had before seen or could have conceived.'' Or in everyday language......WOW! |
Antarctic Peninsular
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| As we approach the Antarctic Peninsular |
Elephant Island, sub-antarctica
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| Elephant Island, named either for the continual presence of Elephant Seals or for its outline shape of an Elephants head.; made famous by its association with Shackleton's daring rescue. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elephant_Island www.jamescairdsociety.com/shackleton-news.php?id=103208 |
A Day in the Falklands
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| In order to maximise our time on these delightful islands we took the first morning Tender from the ship returning on the last Tender back in the evening. Could have done with a couple more days! The photo. ops. were endless. I'm glad that the daily fly around by the RAF Typhoons did not mistake me for an Argy spy! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falkland_Islands |
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Wednesday, 20 March 2013
South American Sea Lions
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| South American Sea Lion Colony, Valdes Peninsular. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_American_sea_lion |
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