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The Famous Chain Whale  
   

The Famous Chain Whale

This was a large whale sculpture that was built by some very ambitious, or very bored, people. In this picture the whale is eating Mt. Discovery.
A Small Island in the South Pacific

February 25th 2005
I thought that all of the boats had left for the season, but then, on my way to lunch, I looked out in the frozen channel, past all of the slumbering seals, and I saw another large icebreaker. It was a Russian ship, but it was not the Krasin, which had been gone since the supply vessel left. This ship was here on an entirely different mission than the previous three icebreakers - it was a touris ... read more
Antarctica » Antarctica » McMurdo Station

 Flag Speculation over the existence of a "southern land" was not confirmed until the early 1820s when British and American commercial operators and British and Russian national expeditions began exploring the Antarctic Peninsula region and other areas sou... ... read more
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