7. Minke Magic 7.7 A whale skeleton 'reconstructed' from the remains of various species of whales

The 'reconstruction' is from the detritus that remained at Port Lockroy after its days as a whaling station. The vertebrae that were placed here are about one metre high.

7. Minke Magic

June 6th 2008
One afternoon in 2002 some of the zodiacs took a short tour from Neko Harbour but noticed that others were hovering around close to the ship. What was encouraging them to circle around in that somewhat erratic manner? It soon became apparent as we approached that there was a minke whale there flirting with the zodiacs. We had already experienced some social interaction with humpback whales wh ... read more

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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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