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The Ross Sea – the Last Intact Marine Ecosystem on Earth – and I

10,000 Birds

“Below the 40th latitude there is no law; below the 50th no god; below the 60th no common sense and below the 70th no intelligence whatsoever.” (“Antarctica” by Kim Stanley Robinson, 1998). Sperm Whales prey on Toothfish and large squid and in February 2007, a 10-metre (32.8 Enough History – Back to the Future.

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Birding Protection Island, Washington

10,000 Birds

Having flown to Washington State on a family vacation the first obstacle was easily out of the way, which you knew already if you ever read this blog. There was no pretending this was a whale-watching trip, a ruse that is growing stale anyway. Once the salmon started heading upstream the eagles would disperse and go after them.