the international association of antarctic tour operators sets out guidelines for the industry, including distance from wildlife. the plan was that we'd land here today but it's not possible because there are too many penguins. the rules for the tourism are that everybody has to keep 5m away from the wildlife and, as you can see here, it's not actually possible to get out of a boat and be 5m away from a penguin. hello! but you can't regulate how animals will respond to tourists, as we found out during an encounter with some leopard seals. the leopard seals discovered that they like to play with the boats. they are really curious. so, whenever we have some leopard seals around, we have to be careful because they're being curious and play and they can try to chew the ends off — like this — so we can take some pictures and we slowly go away. two leopard seals popped up and followed the boat for about five minutes. we were moving slowly away, keeping our distance — and we don't want to get nibbled — but that was absolutely amazing! they're just — they're not scared at all. they're just really