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Caption: and the South Sandwich Islands SOUTH GEORGIA
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Caption: Brace yourselves, lots of #penguins incoming!
This was our first stop on part 2 of our expedition cruise,
Salisbury Plain.
This breeding colony of King penguins is the second largest on South Georgia with an estimated population of around 80.000 (!)
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Caption: FUR SEAL BATTLEFIELD Don’t be fooled! They may look cute, but they were very agressive since they had babies to protect. I never imagined I would roar at a fur seal ever in my life. Unfortunately I have no footage.
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Caption: A baby Elephant seal along the way. They are cute. Have horrible farts.
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Caption: King penguins, adults and babies, and their sounds.
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Caption: Doesn’t it look like I caught teenagers cuddling in the bushes? ♥️
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Caption: “FOOD PLEASE!”
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Caption: LEUCISM A gene mutation which causes partial loss of pigmentation.
Fortunately, leucistic animals don’t suffer from the condition. However, they might be more at risk for predators.
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Caption: Leucistic fur seal
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Caption: Sir Ernest Shackleton, a polar explorer, tried to reach Antarctica with his ship Endurance.
It was 1915. He and his crew got trapped in pack ice, stranded on Elephant Island and moved to a better protection area on South Georgia. They survived. When he later died of a heart attack, his body was buried on South Georgia island.
The incredibly moody conditions we experienced, matched with how he must have felt back then.
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Caption: YOU WIN SOME YOU LOSE SOME Later, struggling to hike a mountain at Godthul... and then discover this amazing view.
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Caption: It cleared up It cleared up
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Caption: Part 2 of the expedition cruise has ended. Off to Antarctica!
I can highly recommend www.oceanwide-expeditions.com if you ever decide to make the journey down south.
I also want to submit this story to #epiXtrip
From the very, very moody South Georgia island to the very, very tropical Tahiti island.
The contrast couldn’t get any bigger.
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Caption: BABY FUR SEAL SAYS BYE
