Seals and Sea Lions, Antarctica, Saturday 20, November 2023

I lied. There are no Sealions, only Seals. Also no walrus.

I am not a marine biologist, so any identification here is my bad memory of what someone else said. To me all of them look like large slugs on the beach. Still, to see them in their own place is a rare treat.

My last post was a lot of talking, and not much photos. This time I will mostly shut up and let you look at the photos

I have listed this fellow on happywhale.com
More about them later

While the penguins keep their distance from the seals at sea,
on land they seem to have no issue with them

Some times, they just look like the rocks

Seal tracks across the snow

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