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Mabey
1960
Internal
Nov 8
the skin would tear the skin rather than just
moving. It would if the skin were lying
free. We will give it one more try with
the modification.
Nov. 9 Hallett Station, Cape Hallett, Antarctica.
7 Emperors penguins were sighted just
off camp in the morning. Several of
us (Ron Dunglas, Keith Wiri, George Meyers)
went out & photographed them. I took
both movies and [illegible] plates. We then
drove one bird to camp & then sacrificed
it. George Meyers wanted the blood and
I wanted the carcass for a skeleton preparation.
Immediately after lunch Collin Barley,
K.Wiri and myself took a weasel & drove
over to the petrol ciff across the bay.
The bay off of the camp is covered by
rough ice so we took the road to the
airstrip which is situated at the inner
end of Edisto Bay & cut across to the
ciff. From there. The trip was an easy one,
the ice at this part of the bay being smooth
& only marked by a few drifts. We reached
the cliff at a point near where Keith said that
Dr. Fells had seen a few birds. Here we spent
perhaps 3 hours climbing about. We
found a number of nests or occupied cavities
& took 14 birds. We went along the cliff