After eating lunch, we head to our next landing at Yankee Harbour. As we get off the zodiac, a few us stop to photograph a leopard seal laying on a small iceberg near the shore. I notice right away that this landing doesn’t have as many penguins on it as the last one. As we hike closer to the our destination, I start to see more.
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Geology Lessons From Beth
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This hike focused more on the geology of the area and Beth, who is a geologist, makes the landscape come alive. As we walk along the beach, we find all kinds of interesting and pretty rocks. Each of us light up when we find a rock we like and bring it to Beth to ask about it’s features. I find a rock that is black on one side, but a mix of rust red/white on the other. Another person finds a dark yellow rock that looks like fossilized bids nest (it’s not). After awhile Beth has is cradling two armfuls of rocks.
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Right before we hike the rest of the way towards the glacier, she lays down the rocks in a circle and talks about them again. About how they’re formed and which ones are older than others. Then we hike to the glacier and right before it there is a moraine formation. It’s really neat to see. We climb to the top and view the glacier on the other side.
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Seals Ahead! – Wildlife of Yankee Harbour
On our way back, we hear a lot of noise coming from some seals at the beach. It’s our only sighting of elephant seals. They’re mostly laying down and sleeping. I don’t take any close pictures of them, but I think other people in my group did.
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After looking through my pictures, I find that I don’t have as many for this site. In my journal, it mentions that the group finished the hike earlier than anticipated. It was cold and rainy. In general, everyone was a bit tired, so we went back to the ship an hour early. Because of the rain, I kept one of my cameras mostly in my water proof bag. But I really enjoyed just experiencing my surroundings without looking through a camera lens!
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