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Elephant Island is covered by mountains, glaciers and snow. No humans here, but there are penguins (gentoos and chinstraps) and some seals. The island is named after elephant seals (or its form, or both). The island was found by the Brits and charted by the Russians. It is famous for providing shelter for Ernest Shackleton’sContinue reading “Elephant Island, off the coast of Antarctica”