Weddell Seal Expedition: Tagging the final seal
Posted March 3rd, 2009 by PatrickRobinson
in Antarctica
Crabeater Seal
Eastern Weddell Sea
emperor penguin
RRS Shackleton
SMRU CTD Tag
Southern Ocean
tagging
telemetry
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Weddell Sea
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Patrick Robinson at the Eastern Weddell Sea, Antarctica--Yesterday, we were in search of our 10th and final seal and found an ice floe with several seals. We prepared our gear and went out onto the ice to get a closer look. Unfortunately, the seals were a bit too young for our study (we are tagging adult animals). So, we hiked back to the ship and continued our search. We continued scanning through binoculars from the bridge for the remainder of the day, but saw only crabeater seals.