yesterday’s #whalerscove was one of the most surreal and evocative places I’ve ever seen. nature had taken the cove back for itself, and all that is left of the human footprint is in ruins. covered in seals, including a gigantic leopard seal, which we saw lolling about on the beach (spitting up penguin skeletons like sunflower seed husks), sea birds (Wilson’s storm petrels, Skuas, and the occasional Southern Giant petrel), and penguins (including a couple of chin-straps, who are far more curious than the top-cool for school gentoos we keep meeting)…these whale bones serve as a reminder of what happened here, but it does not feel like a graveyard… there is too much life here now. I am constantly astonished by the amount of wildlife in the Antarctic. And also, I said it before, but honestly, how much seals can look like rocks. #protectantarctic #antarctica #alisonsudol #greenpeace #whale #bones #nature @greenpeace