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Birds, animals and plants! Oh no!

A travel blog entry by loriatlarge

... it is everyone for himself, as the ever present food chain shows.

Some of the 'native folk' I expect to encounter are:

Seven varieties of Penguins: King, Emperor, Chinstrap, Gentoo, Adelie, Rockhopper and the imaginatively named Macaroni.

To my lifetime bird list (increased 4 fold in Africa) I will be adding Skua, snow petrels,Shag (Cormorant cousin), Antarctic tern ...

Armchair reading and viewing

A travel blog entry by loriatlarge

... pages related the Serengeti plain of Tanzania to the parched, icy surface of Antarctica. Exploring the relationship between man and animals in this
remote and splendid place. ( Since I visited the former 2 years ago, you can imagine I am fascinated with the contrast!)

Michael Parfit. 1985. South Light. Author blends science, adventure and lyrical
prose ...

Once upon a time....

A travel blog entry by loriatlarge

... there are some colonies which hope to change that . By more or less mutual agreement, Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Chile, France, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, South Africa, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom and the United States have joined together in treaty ...

Michelin mode

A travel blog entry by loriatlarge

Well, I knew THIS day had to come. I simply couldn't put if off any longer, so TODAY was the day. The day I tried on all the layers that would become my cold weather ensemble while in the Antarctic. And I took photos. Un-believable. I wondered if I looked as Frankenstein-ish as felt? Yep, I think so.
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Nokomis Beach and Pelican Alley

A travel blog entry by billandbarb

Today we traveled south to Venice. Great weather in the low 80's and sunny and I was craving a beach, shelling and SUN!!! Water was comfortable. Lots of shells collected. On a side note regarding shells, I had to stop at TJ Max on the way home to get a nice container to put all the shells in. Will include a picture of that later on. Anyway,,,,,,, lots of nice shells as tide was receding. We spent a couple hours on the beach,,,,, ...

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