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Human Impacts in Antarctica 2011

Have you seen any animals yet? Casey from O'Henry

Wed, 11/16/2011 - 16:34

Michelle Brown

Hello Casey!I have seen some animals already!
I was able to spot a giant Weddell Seal sunning him/herself by an
opening in the ice when I went into an observation tube the other day.
It was amazing to be so close to such a rarely-spotted animal (at least
for those of us who don't visit Antarctica). I could hear the seal
breathing loudly and it occasionally turned around.
When I went down into the observation tube (a tube in the sea ice that
you can climb down into to see the organisms) I saw many little angel
fish. I hope to write a journal about this because they were amazing
creatures!
I also spotted a Skua today. I hadn't seen any although I know from
people here that they will come to steal your food if you have it out.
Hopefully I'll get to see more seals and some penguins. Once I'm at the
AGO site, I'll see nothing but other people!
Give a big hello to my fellow mustangs!
Sincerely,
Michelle