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Sunday Feb. 10-63
Salvesen Bay in a.m hove too for repairs to Greenland cruiser, utility boat oil line and shifting engine from landing craft to cruiser.
Saw quite a shag rookery to right side of Salvesen Bay headed in more then half 
bird sitting up on snow slope [[strikethrough]] [[/strikethrough]] above rookery

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Feb. 10-63 
Sunday
Spent last night floating around in Salvensen Bay on rt side of which going in was quite a shag colony on rocks and as at Sven Foyn Hbr. more than half total number were sitting about on snow above bare rock on which it seemed much lesser number were standing or resting. // Lots of ice, firery sun set,  Cruised about before evening Auguste Id. & Cobelescu Id. latter quite a bird hang out 
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[[circled]] Brialmint Cove? [[/circled]] [[arrow down to text]]
This a.m. about half day locating anchorage 200 fms deep for most part.
Alcock Id. 319 elevat, crowded to top with Penguins which I assume are chin straps because of their high climbing, as with those on Cape Spigot [[strikethrough, in blue]] t [[/strikethrough]] 
Other sites too with many birds; many sites Jack reports on ret. from 1 1/2 hrs helo flight.
Commodore sent me small tuft of grass, which he hastily picked up on

[[in blue]] // [[/in blue]] Set traps, & [[underlined, in blue]] Doty shot seal [[/underlined]] [[in blue]] / [[/in blue]]  
Captain wants 5lb. liver [[extended }, right side of text]]
Kidneys and 
10lbs Tenderloin [[/extended }]]

[[extended {, left side of text]] Cut open seal 
[[underlined]] 2 gal [[/underlined]] whitish shrimp [[/extended {]]
[[extended {, left side of text]] [[underlined]] 1 gal [[/underlined]] reddish 
[[/strikethrough]] (wred) [[/strikethrough]] [[insertion]] shrim  [[/insertion]] 
[[underlined]] quite [[/underlined]] distinct.[[/extended {]]

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1 Wilson's storm petrel, many
 2 Dominican gulls
 3 Terns
 5 [[strikethrough]] snow [[/strikethrough]] [[insertion]] Sheath [[/insertion]] petrels
 4 Skuas
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/ Crab eater seal [[boxed text]] Has characteristic teeth [[/boxed text]]
/Krill between Ice Cakes no 
/tow though too much broken ice!

Transcription Notes:
Imperial shag (Phalacrocorax atriceps) cormorant native to the Antarctic Cobalescou Island