US scientist with Weddell seals, NW White Island. A small population of Weddell seals (Leptonychotes weddellii) is physically isolated from the Ross Sea by an ice shelf. It is one of the few areas where Weddell seals feed under an ice shelf. Location: NW White Island, looking north toward Ross Island and Mount Erebus. Date: December 1993 Photo: © Colin Harris, Environmental Research & Assessment

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