XV 
February 25, 1963 
False Bay, Livingston Island. 
Weather none too good, had to wait it out before we could be landed 
ashore even by helicopter; no place in this weather to beach shore boat; 
surf or swell breaking on the steep-to shingle and boulder covered beach 
(moraine debris?) rendered landing by boat impossible! - at least in this, 
and I would say in much other weather either. Getting in and out, off 
and on shore is a must for any station, and this should be possible most 
of the time. If not, the place is out as a station site. 
$ 60-63 Did gather a fair collection of lichens and moss; Berlesed the latter 
aboard. Rot time enough spent here to warrent setting fish traps. 
Chinstraps were the only penguins seen ashore, a couple of rather 
widely separated, lonesome little groups of a dozen or so sitting forlornly 
among the rocks. Ro^ evidence that there had been a rookery on this beach. 
These penguins were probably of this year's crop "on their own", having 
been cast out at home; some of them were half through moulting their "chick" 
plumage. 
Around the "corner" in South Bay, Commodore Lewis spotted a, number of 
seals resting as usual, but this time in a fresh water pool. He said also 
that there was a colony of penguins about 400 feet up, probably Chinstraps, 
those are the only ones we saw elsewhere in these parts - and how the 
little "beggars" like to climb high! As his helicopter swooped down for 
a, closer look, the penguins all ran toward the edge of the cliff, several 
dived over, to be killed on the rocks below. Seeing this. Commodore did 
not continue flying in this neighborhood. 
$ 61-63 In the dredge: muddy, coarse sand, rocks and gravel from 17 fms. 
