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Elephant Seal, Falkland Islands, 1998
Photograph by Maria Stenzel
Elephant seals, so named for their massive bulk and distinctive noses, huddle on the beach of Stromness Bay. Male elephant seals' inflatable noses resemble elephant trunks and amplify their vocalizations.
(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Shackleton: Epic of Survival," November 1998,
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