A collaborative team in Antarctica working with a Weddell seal on a windy day (IMAGE)

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

A collaborative team in Antarctica working with a Weddell seal on a windy day

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A collaborative team in Antarctica working with a Weddell seal on a windy day. The team recently found that female Weddell seals sacrifice their diving capacity to provide iron to their pups. In the background, a smoke flume is coming from Mt. Erebus, the world’s southernmost active volcano (All images were taken under permit NMFS 17411-03) I

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mage credit: Michelle Shero/ © Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

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