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[ad_1] The first humans to reach Antarctica 's Weddell Sea did not come in the name of exploration. They came in 1823 to kill seals. Lots of seals. Colonies of these marine …

[ad_1] The colony sits on the French sub-Antarctic island of Pigs Island, or Pork Island, and once had over two million king penguins. When scientists set foot on the island in 1982, …