Now on station at McMurdo are two more members of the Weddell seal population study project 2012 field research team!  Here in front of the National Science Foundation chalet are (from left to right) Eric Johnston, Jessica Farrer, Darren Roberts, Jason Jones, Thierry Chambert, and Jesse DeVoe.

Logistics and preparation work for for the upcoming Weddell pupping season is underway, and we’ll be bringing you images, brief reports, and video as the season progresses, as well as blogs by some of the field research team members.

For some project history and background of what is one of the longest running studies ever of a long-lived mammal, you can check out our History section on the Weddell seal population study project web portal.

We also have a number of short videos about the Weddell seals of Erebus Bay, the Weddell seal population study project, and our field research work available on our web portal.  You can even download Weddell seal ringtones made from those eerie Weddell seal vocalizations!

– Mary Lynn Price

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