In Antarctica, Canadian scientists have a 'momentous' chance to learn more about climate change
Traces of Chilean and British bases appear just as humbled.On the surface, Deception Island's Whalers Bay is still humanity's ...
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Resurrection Island
The Antarctic fur seal, Arctocephalus gazella, would be hunted to the verge of extinction. The southern elephant seal too would be brought low, killed in great numbers for the oil rendered from ...
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The Southern Ocean - Fur seals, Tasman Island
The Southern Ocean, which circles the globe without being blocked by land, is home to the Antarctic Circumpolar ... the Australian fur seal is now a protected species and the fourth rarest seal ...
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Positive avian flu confirmed in wandering albatross in South Georgia
fur seals, brown skuas, kelp gulls and Antarctic terns. BAS operates two research stations on South Georgia: King Edward Point and Bird Island. As a result of the confirmed cases of HPAI ...
World's largest iceberg found - and it's twice the size of Greater London
The “megaberg” – which is twice the size of Greater London – calved from Antarctica’s Filchner ice shelf in 1986, and then remained grounded on the floor of the Weddell Sea for more than 30 years, the ...
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Fur Seals
The large northern fur seal, found in chilly northern waters, was hunted to near extinction during the 19th century. These animals were protected by law in 1911, and populations later rebounded to ...