Their plan was to use Zodiacs to put themselves between the harpooners and the whales.

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Most of the Zodiacs had come from the Farley, which was not yet in visible range.

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Four inflatable Zodiacs dart back and forth from the vessel, bringing tourists to shore to see the penguins up close.

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She denied knowledge of the kidnappings, carried out by a gang - the Zodiacs - led by her Mexican then-boyfriend Israel Vallarta, who confessed.

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Best viewed from Zodiacs, passengers can watch as 10-storey high chunks of ice intermittently calve from the glacier facades and smash into the water below.

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At the waterline, motorized dinghies called Zodiacs arced around the whaler.

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With these shallow-draft boats, known as Zodiacs, you can visit penguin rookeries, scientific research stations and historic sites, and also go on "Zodiac cruises" through fields of beautiful icebergs.

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Travellers are making their way shoreward, back to the Zodiacs.

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In addition to seeing and barely believing the animals so up- close, an Endeavor expedition offers long and short hikes, coastal explorations by kayaks or Zodiacs, swimming, snorkeling, or floating in a glass bottom boat for amazing undersea viewing.

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