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appeared to our three heroes, since they had to climb down it using rope and

courage. Each little promontory edge you reach on your long descent to the beach

offers an exciting and different view of this most beautiful place! Can you imagine

that Shackleton, Crean & Worley could appreciate the wild beauty of this place?

At last, you are standing at the shoreline of Stromness Bay, the former “main street”

of the whaling station. Now, as your eyes peer to the right, looking for the station

master's cottage, you see the town peopled with the native creatures of South

Georgia rather than the two little boys playing in the street that those exhausted men

first saw. You see undisturbed lustrous fur seals, formally attired penguins, and

molting elephant seals instead of greasy, weathered whaling men. You can imagine

the flooding joy and relief filling your three walking companions as they approach

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