Weddell Seal Science: Recent Episodes
Weddell Seal Science
Welcome to our Weddell Seal Science Audio Podcast! Produced during the Antarctica field research season throughout the Weddell seal pupping season by the Weddell seal population studies project. This project is funded by the National Science Foundation, through a grant to Montana State University. The views and comments on this podcast do not represent those of Montana State University, and should not be construed as such. We hope you enjoy the podcasts!
Working as a team, adorable Weddell seal pups, a very cool pup named Milky, and that infernal wind: 2022 field research team members interview themselves in Antarctica on takeaways from this amazing Weddell seal pupping season. We hope you enjoy the podcast!
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It's Thanksgiving week and the 2022 Antarctica field team is in the midst of surveying all of the Weddell seals in the Erebus Bay, Antarctica study area. So many seals and pups this season! Lead scientist Dr. Jay Rotella describes this aspect of the team's work, and some of the surprising findings this season.
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As the Antarctica field research team shifts work from finding, tagging and recording all the moms and new pups born this season in the Erebus Bay study area to surveying the entire Weddell seal population in the study area, lead scientist Dr. Jay Rotella describes this next stage of the field team's work this Weddell seal pupping season.
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Members of our 2022 Antarctica field research team interview each other about working in Antarctica with Weddell seals, what they've learned, and what surprised them most. We hope you enjoy the podcast!
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It's Halloween, and peak Weddell seal pupping time in Erebus Bay, Antarctica. In this episode, lead scientist Dr. Jay Rotella reports from the ice, and describes a rare old Weddell mom and her record-setting 23rd pup! We hope you enjoy the podcast!
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Antarctica Weddell seals make extraordinary vocalizations both underwater and on top of the sea ice. This episode features some of their weird sounds, as well as a musical composition by Steve Perez interweaving Weddell sounds with guitar and keyboard. We hope you enjoy this podcast. Learn more at WeddellSealScience.com!
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Every Springtime in Antarctica, Weddell seals return to their pupping colonies to give birth, raise their pups, and mate. And every Springtime in Antarctica, researchers travel to The Ice to study these amazing animals. In this episode, lead scientist on the Weddell Seal Population Project, Dr. Jay Rotella discusses the goals of the project over the course of the new five year grant. We hope you enjoy the podcast!
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