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Approaching Deception Island through narrow
passage called Neptune's Bellows
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We sailed inside the flooded caldera center
called Port Foster
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Looking towards Neptune's Window
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Information about Whalers Bay, an historic
site
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Norwegian Whaling Station 1910-1931
Taken over by British during WWII to observe German U-boat
operations
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Destroyed by volcanic eruption in 1970
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Hike over ash to ruins
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Bunkhouse destroyed by eruption
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Boilers used by whalers to process whale
blubber
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Tractor covered by ash
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Winch used to pull whales ashore
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Whaler's Cemetary
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Grave of Norwegian Whaler
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Whale Oil Tanks with Neptune's Window in
Background
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Tanks used to store oil from whale blubber
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Whale Oil Tanks
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