Yet another beautiful island visit, this time to Humble Island, where the wildlife of Antarctica clearly enjoys hanging out.
Some elephant seals lounge on the beach as a bergy-bit floats by the in the background....
Adelie fledglings contemplate making the leap into the great blue while another ellie motions them encouragingly toward the shore....
And giant petrels galore! They are GORGEOUS birds....
And their chicks are too cute!
Just in the past couple weeks, the area around Palmer has been TOTALLY overrun with fur seals. I'm not sure if they look more like dogs or rats, but they're very entertaining to watch, and they're real ornery about their personal space--they raise a real ruckus of barking if you get too close.
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