Friday 1 June 2007

In her blog KO compiled a list of wildlife the crew of Seal had encountered on their trip of a lifetime
Penguins
Gentoo and Gentoo penguin chicks, Adelie penguins and Adelie penguin chicks, Chinstrap and Magellanic penguins;
Seals
Crabeater , Leopard , Fur and one Weddell seal;
Petrels
Wilson's Storm petrels, Giant petrels, Pintada petrels, and Blue petrels.
Whales
Antarctic Minke whales, Humpback whales;

Bottlenose dolphins;
Blue-Eyed shags;
White sheathbills;
Dominican gulls;
Magellanic Cormorant rock colonies;
Common snipes; (flightless)
Steamer ducks; Black-Browed albatrosses,
albatross;
Broad-Billed prions;
Arctic and Antarctic terns;
Subantarctic skuas, South Polar skuas; Chilean skuas; and on the South American mainland they encountered cats and kittens, dogs, horses and llamas.
Wow!!