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(9) On Peninsula extending out from shore "before Santos Peak a small 
penguin colony either side. 
(10) Northern extremity of Bluff Island small penguin colony, and 
lichens. 
Tne Commodore also indicated that there were many seals on, or about 
the rocks (and/or ice) and islets north of the Reclus Peninsula, and 
about the little hooked peninsula. Portal Point, extending eastward, and 
more seals a little farther south along the coast. 
Svend Poyn Harbor was much favored by whalers in by-gone days. It 
is said to be a place of generally favorable weather (H.O. Sailing Dir¬ 
ections, p. 19 ^+), even though there are at times violent sough-easterly 
winds. After having seen all three places in this area, Capt. McDonald 
believes that ice conditions are probably better here than at Alcock Is¬ 
land farther up the coast, or at Welchness, Dundee Island, over on the 
east side of the Palmer Peninsula. 
The Captain also remarked that there is a small boat shelter avail¬ 
able here near the islet on which rest several of the old, man-powered, 
whale boats or what is left of them. On this small rocky islet is space 
that could be utilized for a small building (sub-station or shelter). 
The bottom of the harbor is rocky, and poor holding ground, a fact 
appreciated by those whalers for they installed moorings here and there 
on rocky ledges as elsewhere in places favored by them along the Palmer 
coast and islands. 
The Staten Island moved out of Svend Foyn at 1500 and cruised the 
Brabant coast the afternoon of the 9"th. No site areas noted. Passed 
