Out the Front Door

Before preceding on to the photos for the day (sorry, spaced yesterday...I was trying to learn maximum likelihood and my brain was about to explode), I wanted to share a couple of blogs from other scientists down here (these are all folks that I have met down here) doing other scienc-y things:

Bromine research (seriously? yes, and its awesome):

http://rossinthepoles.blogspot.com/

Fish physiology (how does anything survive in these frigid water?):

http://hassumaniantarctica.blogspot.com/

http://marissaleeinternational.blogspot.com/

More on our weddell seal project:

http://www.natureandnoise.com/

http://inmotion.typepad.com/weddell_seal_science/

And a recent article published in the Antarctic Sun:

http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/science/contenthandler.cfm?id=2762

Pizza delivery

Actually a recon trip to find any seals we have been missing (hidden behind pressure ridges or glaciers)

20 day weight!!  This is the first pup we tagged this season in the mass study...now we have a birth weight and a mid-lactation weight...60 lbs to 145 lbs!!  (This pup is Eric's pal...born almost on his birthday, and the first pup Eric tagged ever)

Bagging a pup for weighing...pretty amazing we can work so easily around a 1000 pound momma with very sharp teeth

Twins!

All Weddell seal images obtained under NMFS Permit No. 17236