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After collecting viral, chemical, and genetic data from this young Weddell seal, the team lifts the seal off the ice in a net to weigh it. Moments later the seal was released. It wandered off a few meters and promptly took a nap on the ice. On the sea ice, near the icebreaker Oden.

Credit to read: Photo by Jeff Peneston (PolarTREC 2008/2009), Courtesy of ARCUS

Photographer: Jeff Peneston
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Year: 
2008
Program: 
PolarTREC
Region: 
Southern Ocean
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6.3mm
File Size: 
1662997
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image/jpeg
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f/6.6
Height: 
2304
Width: 
3072
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PENTAX Corporation
Model: 
PENTAX Optio W20
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1/800s
ISO: 
64

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