1/11/25 PM Stonington Island 68°12’S, 67°01’W
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Stonington Island was established as Base E in February 1946 and had two periods of operation from 1946-50 and 1960-75 when the base permanently closed. The normal occupancy of the station was 6 yo 17 people.
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| Main building |
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| Main Entrance |
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| Kitchen |
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| Moar kitchen |
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| Library |
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| Infirmary |
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| Livingroom |
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| Pantry |
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| Cans of Stuff |
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| Second floor bunk room - one of several |
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| View from hill above - former location of radio tower |
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View in the other direction
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Crabeater Seal
Our zodiac driver for the ride back to the ship had spotted a seal on an iceberg, and took a couple of minutes' detour to buzz by.
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| Crabeater seals do not eat crabs. The name is a bastardization of the original German name - krill (krebs) eater. |
Crabeater seals have adorable puppy faces.
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| That's me. I'm adorbs. |
Amazing!!!♥️ Penguin & seal poop in our future? LMAO!! That poop big seal....appears to have some old scars on his huge cute self. ~Angela
ReplyDeleteLikely from an encounter from a Leopard Seal. The leopard seals prey on them, but crabeater seals are scrappy
Delete*poor...supposed to say poor
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