This Antarctica Weddell seal pupping season is shaping up to be a very interesting one! The Antarctica field team is preparing to arrive at the U.S. Antarctic base McMurdo Station very soon to begin this season's population and mass dynamics study work throughout the Austral Spring Weddell seal pupping season in Eerebus Bay, Antarctica. In this seasonal blog we will try to keep viewers up to date with the science work of the field team throughout the pupping season, and post about some of what the scientists have learned about these amazing Antarctic marine mammals throughout the over 50 year duration of this unique project.
The Antarctic spring weather in Erebus Bay during the beginning of the Weddell seal pupping season is often very cold and windy. Doing science work in these conditions can be quite a challenge for the field research team. Yet the seals are quite at home in this icy environment. Here's a new video by project multimedia producer and author Jeremy Schmidt that includes footage and imaging by the project team:
To learn more about the history of this unique population ecology study please check out the History section on our public web portal, WeddellSealScience.com. Viewers can also access the study's numerous social media outreach efforts via Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube, as well as access videos, images, and further information on the project and the science through the Home page of our web portal. Numerous project scientific publications are are available on our Publications page for further reference. This Erebus Bay Antarctica Weddell seal population and mass dynamics study is made possible through the support of the National Science Foundation and the United States Antarctic Program. The Weddell seal project is based at Montana State University-Bozeman; and more research information on the project is available on the MSU website.
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