Wednesday 27 June 2007

The sea ice is coming!!!


Fingers crossed. The temperature has dropped quite a bit now and the Pancake ice has started to form over the last few days. Hopefully the wind will stay low and the temperature will keep dropping then we will be able to get out on the ice for some day trips over to the islands of Lagoon and Leonie.


There is still the odd Penguin around the point. This cute little Adelie was spotted just this week.


There are also the grumpy Fur seals around!


This is a Crab eater seal. It was spotted around the point last week with really bad scars probably caused by the Leopard seal which is the number one predator in these cold Antarctic waters.



Leopard seal eating a Chinstrap penguin. These seals are massive and eat all types of penguin and seals. They can grow up to 6 to 7 metres long and have a reptilian shaped head like a lizard or snake.

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