Images

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

A newly tagged pup rests with its mom. 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. 

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

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.  

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. 

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.

A USGS technician surveys the seafloor bathymetry using a personal watercraft outfitted with global positioning systems (GPS) and echo sounders.

Location: Santa Cruz, California (near Steamers Lane).

A USGS technician surveys the seafloor bathymetry using a personal watercraft outfitted with global positioning systems (GPS) and echo sounders.

Location:Santa Cruz, California (near Santa Cruz Boardwalk).

Photograph of a USGS technician on a USGS coastal survey vessel that maps seafloor bathymetry using global positioning systems (GPS) and echo sounders.

Location:Santa Cruz, California (near Wharf).

A USGS technician surveys the seafloor bathymetry using a personal watercraft outfitted with global positioning systems (GPS) and echo sounders.

Location: Santa Cruz, California (near Wharf).

Footbridge over the Boundary Channel of the Potomac River, which forms the boundary between the District of Columbia and the Commonwealth of Virginia. The Footbridge connects the parking lots of the Pentagon to the Lyndon Baines Johnson Memorial Grove on the Potomac.