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Photos, videos, multimedia and reports from the Erebus Bay, Antarctica Weddell Seal Population Study.
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Our 2025 Field Team Photo/Video Finale is now up on our Weddell Seal Science Field Blog, featuring photo and video clip favorites from the 2025 Antarctica Field Team Extraordinaire!
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2025 Field Team Photo/Video Finale!
Special Report From PhD Student and Field Team Leader Parker Levinson: As the season wraps up, we each went through our photos and videos and chose one of our favorites from the past couple of mont…
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December 23, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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We have a new post up by project lead scientist Prof. Jay Rotella with a 2025 Weddell seal pupping season wrap-up of this very unusual year! weddellsealsciencefield.blog/2025/12/16/2...
2025 Pupping Season Wrap-up!
Final 2025 Weddell Seal Pupping Season Update By Lead Scientist Prof. Jay Rotella: The 2025 field season was very productive and scientifically interesting. Sea-ice conditions were unusual in that …
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December 21, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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We have a new field blog post up about the isolated Weddell seal colony at White Island, Antarctica, featuring our latest 4K HDR science story video "The Mystery of White Island" by project multimedia specialist Jeremy Schmidt! weddellsealsciencefield.blog/2025/12/11/n...
The Mystery of White Island: New 4K HDR Video by Jeremy Schmidt!
We are excited to announce our new 4K HDR science video The Mystery of White Island by project multimedia specialist and Weddell Seals ebook author Jeremy Schmidt! In this 4K HDR science story vide…
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December 12, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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Fat Seal Pup Week at McMurdo Station, Antarctica! Check out our latest Field Blog post featuring a new video by the 2025 Field Team announcing this year's Fat Seal Pup Winner!
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Field Team Video: Fat Seal Pup Week Winner!
A word from the 2025 Weddell Seal Field Team: This year may have been anything but typical with significantly reduced sea ice coverage and tricky behind the scene logistics, but one thing was the s…
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December 8, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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Counting Weddell seals involves a lot of walking on the sea ice in Antarctica! Weddell seal survey days in Erebus Bay, Antarctica can be long and arduous. Check out our latest Field Blog post featuring a video report from our PhD Student Parker Levinson!
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Parker Levinson Reports By Video On Weddell Seal Surveys!
During the second half of the pupping season the field team conducts surveys of all the Weddell seals in the study area with a goal of completing 6 surveys per year. This allows the project to enco…
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December 6, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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Our Erebus Bay Weddell Seal Population Study just published a new science paper on Pup Birth Timing for Weddell moms born in the Study Area compared to that of Weddell moms born outside the Study Area. We have new Field Blog post on this paper! weddellsealsciencefield.blog/2025/12/05/n...
New Project Paper Published On Weddell Seal Pup Birth Timing!
We are pleased to announce that a new scientific paper produced by our team has just been published. The paper compares birth dates for pups born to mothers that were also born in the Erebus Bay st…
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December 5, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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A Very Rare Old Weddell Seal Mom sets new longevity record for the species at 35 years old, and a pup productivity record of 24 pups in her lifetime to date. Check out our field blog post on her long and amazing history! weddellsealsciencefield.blog/2025/11/20/a...
A Very Rare Old Weddell Seal Mom!
How long can an individual live? This question has been of interest to humans for centuries and demographers and actuaries continue to actively study the question for people. Learning about maximal…
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November 26, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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Greetings from Weddell Seal Science! We'll be posting photos, videos, multimedia and news updates from the Erebus Bay, Antarctica Weddell Seal Population Study. Our website is WeddellSealScience.com, and we keep a Field Blog going during the Weddell seal pupping season in Erebus Bay, Antarctica. 🦭
November 26, 2025 at 7:49 PM