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A couple of the Zodiacs apparently had some problems getting fouled with seaweed,

the first we have seen since we left the Cape Verdes. Actually, Meryl told us at Recap,

that this was kelp; but we were just as happy not to have made a closer acquaintance

with it.

At about 3 o’clock, we had a “sail by” of Nightingale Island about 22 miles south of

Tristan. Here, millions of seabirds nest and raise their young in this highest part of the

Southern Ocean and across the sub-Antarctic convergence. We saw thousands of

Great Shearwaters spread out over the ocean’s surface bobbing along together.

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