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are already partially covered with black volcanic ash. I
didn’t want to take the risk.

One thing noteworthy to mention in our afternoon
Walker Bay Landing is the sighting of lichens growing on
the rocks and on a rocky hill which was free of snow;
and the low growing, but sparse grasses, about two
centimeters, between the rocks. It’s the first sign of
summer that I saw. They will be gone when winter comes.
The islands do not have a lot of penguin colonies, but
they have more polar animals like elephant seals which
wera lazily lying on the beach, basking in the sunshine
when we got there. One huge seal got in the water and
i was in awe to watch his swimming prowess. It also

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