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IY January 27-31, 19^3 
Argentine Islands area - Lemaire Channel, DanneBurg Islands, Berthelot 
I slets (B ri tish Base is on G alindez) . _.....„_.. . ... 
Lemaire Channel, Jan. 27 — 23 ; Pleneau Island, Jan. 28 , Petermann Island, 
Jan. 28; Galindez Island, Jan. 29; Cape Tuxen and Green Island, northern 
£2£i_2:£ the Be rthelots, Jan. 31- ___________ 
Galindez Base gets its fresh water from a large pond (lake?) "behind 
the station. Many seals were Basking on the ice cakes, thick in all diree- 
tions, south of Galindez, more seals over a larger area than any in which 
we had seen any large number of them. Two whales were seen north of Galin¬ 
dez on the 29 th. 
An interesting and well populated area, animal, as well as ivegetaBle"- 
wise. Many Birds Breed in this area. The following list was given to me 
By Mr. R. Lewis of the British Base here on Galindez: 
Dominican (Black-Backed gall) - a, year-round resident, an interesting 
record; Great skua (Breeds); Antarctic,(or is it the swallow-tailed /tern?*' 
(Breeds); Giant petrel (visitor only) always seems to appear in Bad weather - 
several to half a, dozen of them - Sheath-Bill (winter visitor); Wilson’s 
storm petrel (Breeds); Snow petrel (Breeds locally); Adelie penguins (are 
on Jalour and Petermann Islands); Gentoos also on the last-named island; 
Chinstraps (casual visitors to the area); Emperor penguin (seen once); 
Blue-eyed cormorant (shag) (Breeds). A cormorant colony, not seen By us, 
is located on Winter Island. 
On Petermann Island Both Gentoos and Adelies have rookeries; among the 
Gentoos one Adelie made ±kss±f± itself at home. On a rocky peak across a 
