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Technician recording seals' tag information in field notebook and portable computer.  Cold!

Photo by USGS scientist William A Link at Erebus Bay, Antarctica.  Images were obtained under NMFS Permit No: 1032-1917.  

Pup rests in the snow.  Images were obtained under NMFS Permit No: 1032-1917.  

Young pup's lanugo fur makes a soft pillow for mom.

Photo by USGS scientist William A Link at Erebus Bay, Antarctica.  Images were obtained under NMFS Permit No: 1032-1917. 

Mount Erebus in background of Inaccessible Island. Images were obtained under NMFS Permit No: 1032-1917.  

Photo by USGS scientist William A Link at Erebus Bay, Antarctica.  Images were obtained under NMFS Permit No: 1032-1917.  

Photo by USGS scientist William A Link at Erebus Bay, Antarctica.  Images were obtained under NMFS Permit No: 1032-1917. 

A scientist documents Weddell Seal research near Erebus Bay, Antarctica. Images were obtained under NMFS Permit No: 1032-1917. 

A newly tagged pup rests in the snow with its mom. Images were obtained under NMFS Permit No: 1032-1917. 

A newly tagged pup spends time in the snow with its mom. Images were obtained under NMFS Permit No: 1032-1917. 

Emperor penguin, in splendid isolation. Images were obtained under NMFS Permit No: 1032-1917. 

Baby seal rests on its side in the snow. Images were obtained under NMFS Permit No: 1032-1917. 

Mount Erebus in background.  Little Razorback (left) and Big Razorback (right) islands are sites of seal colonies. Images were obtained under NMFS Permit No: 1032-1917.

Photo by USGS scientist William A Link at Erebus Bay, Antarctica.  Images were obtained under NMFS Permit No: 1032-1917. 

Blowing snow at Hutton Cliffs; Mt Erebus in background. Images were obtained under NMFS Permit No: 1032-1917. 

Weighing female seal, while pup waits. (Mom weighed 1115 pounds.) Images were obtained under NMFS Permit No: 1032-1917. 

Swimming lessons.  Note shaved ice in front of mom (right): she's been enlarging the hole with her teeth. Images were obtained under NMFS Permit No: 1032-1917. 

Uncommon set of seal twins. Images were obtained under NMFS Permit No: 1032-1917. 

In Turners Falls Massachusetts at the EESC-USGS Conte Fish Lab we are situated on a power canal pulled from the Connecticut River to supply water to the hydroelectric plant adjacent to our location.  This location attracts so many species of birds from Ducks, to Swans, to Canada geese & these beautiful Blue heron & White Egrets.

Picture of a brook trout taken in August 2014 from survey to evaluate potential effect of shale gas development.

This field staff is measuring campsite conditions in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, MN.  The diagram shows measurements taken using the Variable Radial Transect method for computing the area of disturbance within campsite boundaries. Approximately 30 measures of campsite degradation are assessed on each campsite. 

A plethodontid (lungless) salamander peaks over the top of a collection bucket as it awaited return to its habitat.