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imagined structures and creatures etched into the mighty bergs as he described,
"Swans of weird shape pecked at our planks, a gondola steered by
a giraffe ran foul of us, which much amused a duck sitting on a crocodile's
head....All the strange, fantastic shapes rose and fell in steady cadence
with a rustling, whispering sound...."
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| At Enterprise Island we took another Zodiac cruise and were again fascinated by the endless shapes and varied shades of blue that the ice took. | This one looks to Pat like a crouching animal; Chuck thinks it looks like a lizard. | |
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| This one created a nice volcano or pyramid. | And this one looks like a flatfish or a platypus. | |
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| This one might be a shark or a dolphin? Or anything else that you want. | We encountered a crabeater seal--they don't eat crabs, but that is what they are called anyway. | |
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| Most of the coastline was still covered in ice, so there were only a few penguins here, and we only saw them in the water. | The water itself was so clear that we could easily see to the bottom of the bay, which was covered with limpets and other marine invertebrates. | |
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| Enterprise Island was once a major whaling station. In 1915 a whale oil tanker with a full load of oil caught fire and was sunk to put out the flames. The rusty remains are still there. | We were able to use the Zodiacs to go right up to the remains and look inside. There were still harpoon points and other equipment inside. | |
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| Although the wreck is nearly 100 years old, the cold temperature has preserved it remarkably well. | It also provides a convenient perch for birds like the Antarctic tern. | |
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| Along the shore was another Weddell seal, which slept through our visit. | And a young leopard seal, who looked no more friendly than his adult relative that we had seen the day before. |