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2 1 1 – Ushuaia, Argentina (November 22) L = Landing – Atlantic Ocean (November 23) ZC = Zodiac Cruise 2 – West Point Island L, H (November 24) K = Kayak 3 – Saunders Island L, H (November 24) S = SUP 4 – Stanley, Falkland Islands (November 25) H = Helicopter – Scotia Sea (November 26/27) 5 – Fortuna Bay L (November 28) 6 – Stromness, South Georgia L (November 28) 7 – Grytviken L (November 29) 8 – St Andrews Bay, South Georgia L (November 29) 9 – Gold Harbour, South Georgia L (November 30) – A76A Iceberg. 84 miles long, 16 miles wide – Scotia Sea (December 1 & 2) 10 – Hope Bay Esperanza Base ZC,K,H (December 3) 11 – Paulet Island L,K,S,H (December 4) 12 – Brown Bluff L,K,S (December 4) 13 – Half Moon (December 5) 14 – Whalers Bay L,K (December 5) 15 – Flandres Bay ZC,K,S,H (December 6) 16 – Port Lockroy L (December 6) 16 17 – Cierva Cove ZC,K,H (December 7) 18 – Mikkelsen Harbour, Antarctica L,K,S (December 7) – Drake Passage (December 8/9)
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Critter Club – Wildlife Checklist COMMON NAME BIRDS Ducks, Geese Ruddy-headed Goose Ashy-headed Goose Flying Steamer-Duck Falkland Steamer-Duck Kelp Goose Upland Goose South Georgia Pintail Penguins Adélie Penguin Chinstrap Penguin Gentoo Penguin Magellanic Penguin King Penguin Macaroni Penguin Southern Rockhopper Penguin Albatross Wandering Albatross Southern Royal Albatross Northern Royal Albatross Light-mantled Albatross Grey-headed Albatross Black-browed Albatross Petrels Southern Giant Petrel Northern Giant Petrel Southern Fulmar Cape Petrel Antarctic Petrel Snow Petrel Soft-plumaged Petrel White-chinned Petrel Black-bellied Storm Petrel Gray-backed Storm Petrel Wilsons Storm Petrel Gulls, Terns Kelp Gull Brown-hooded Gull Dolphin Gull Antarctic Tern Arctic Tern South American Tern
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Critter Club – Wildlife Checklist COMMON NAME BIRDS continued Shearwaters, Prions Sooty Shearwater Great Shearwater Antarctic Prion Slender-billed Prion Blue Petrel Common diving-petrel South Georgia diving-petrel Cormorants Antarctic Shag Imperial Cormorant (blue-eyed) South Georgia Shag Neotropic Cormorant Skuas, Vultures, Caracaras sp. Brown Skua South Polar Skua Chilean Skua Turkey Vulture Striated Caracara Pipits South Georgia Shorebirds Magellanic Oystercatcher Snowy (White-faced) Sheathbill Thrushes, Tyrants Austral Thrush Dark-faced Ground-Tyrant Blackbirds Long-tailed Meadowlark MAMMALS Seals Weddell Seal Crabeater Seal Leopard Seal Antarctic Fur Seal Southern Elephant Seal South American Sea lion
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Critter Club – Wildlife Checklist COMMON NAME MAMMALS continued Dolphins sp. Commerson's Dolphin Killer Whale Dusky Dolphin Whales sp. Southern Right Whale Blue Whale Humpback Whale Antarctic Minke Whale Fin Whale
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