Nicklen pitched a project to the National Geographic on the leopard seal, a 12-foot long, 1,000-pound creature with a ferocious reputation.

Nicklen争取到国家地理杂志支持一个关于斑海豹的课题，斑海豹是一个12英尺长，1000磅重并且有着残暴恶名的家伙。

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Nicklen pitched a project to the National Geographic on the leopard seal, a 12-foot long, 1, 000-pound creature with a ferocious reputation.

Nicklen争取到国家地理杂志支持一个关于斑海豹的课题，斑海豹是一个12英尺长，1000磅重并且有着残暴恶名的家伙。

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"So I went there terrified of what I might meet in this leopard seal and actually was nurtured and protected and cared for," he said in the interview.

Nicklen说，“就是这样，我去时还在害怕遇到斑海豹会怎样，但真正遭遇时却被它照料着，保护着，关怀着。”

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In addition to its beginning-of-the-world astonishing beauty, expect two active volcanoes, tens of thousands of Southern Elephant Seals (biggies with really big noses), Antarctic and Sub Antarctic Fur Seals, predatory Leopard Seals, the rarer, slender and pale Crabeater, the plentiful Weddell Seal, and the rare, small, sort-of-sexy Ross Seals famous for their trilling and siren-like sounds.

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