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January 18-20, 1963 
Marguerite Bay area - Adelaide Island, Base T, Avian Island, Rothera, Point. 
The Ice fields through which we passed getting here had quite a num- 
her of seals on ice cakes here and there. Mostly if not all Weddels I 
take it. Some said they saw a leopart seal hut I saw none that quite fit¬ 
ted the description given. 
Seals mast he plentiful in this area; it was said that about 500 a year 
are killed for dog food and station mess. 
At all places the "usual" birds, many still nesting here: Adelie 
penguins, Skuas, Blackhacked (Dominican) gulls, Blue-eyed shags, and a 
giant petrel; at Rothera Point also, Antarctic terns. 
Mosses and lichens were collected at each place; from memmites and 
spring-tails were Berlesed; got about three different species of insects. 
Prom a fresh water pool on Avian Island a few fairy-shrimp (Branchi- 
nectu) were dipped with an empty beer can lying about (Tom Berg, coll.) 
Freshwater and marine algae were collected; and at Rothera Point red 
and green snow algae as well. 
Prom fish trap set in five fathoms off Avian Island, no fish, a num¬ 
ber of nemertean worms,amphipods, 2 species of starfish, 3 small sea ur¬ 
chins, these last at Rothera Point where the worms, and amphipods also ap¬ 
peared in the traps. 
Dead limpet shells left by the gulls whose principal food are limpets 
seemed to be scattered about everywhere, some with serpulid worm shells 
attached. 
Tnere was much ice floating about, making tow netting difficult. 
