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SCS: Antarctic Fur Seal (Arctocephalus gazella)
Antarctic Polar Front with over 95% of the species breeding on South Georgia. Other breeding sites, many fuelled ... a dark gingery colour by adulthood. Adult females and juveniles often have a creamy coloured front and the occasional seal has a creamy white colour all over. The mother mates 6 ...
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SCS: Subantarctic Fur Seal (Arctocephalus tropicalis)
South Atlantic and Indian Oceans, north of the Antarctic Polar Front. The largest colonies occur at Gough, Amsterdam and the Prince Edward Islands. Colonies have also ...
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GEO-2000: Chapter Two: The State of the Environment - The polar regions
Arctic Council's Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP). For the Antarctic, the Polar Front or Antarctic Convergence provides an oceanographically- and biologically-useful natural boundary. The Antarctic ... resulting from stratospheric ozone depletion. Stratospheric ozone depletion over polar areas Ozone depletion is much more severe in polar areas than nearer the equator. Over the poles it ...
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Geography of the Ocean and the Structure of Planet Water - MarineBio.org
Antarctic Polar Front, or Antarctic Convergence. The Antarctic Convergence is located in the middle of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current and serves as the dividing line between the extremely cold polar surface waters ...
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The Arctic and Antarctic - MarineBio.org
Southern Ocean is the Polar Front or Antarctic Convergence separating colder surface waters from warmer surface waters. The Polar Front and the Antarctic Circumpolar Current encircle the continent ... and search for minerals is against the law in many nations south of the Polar Front. International agreements have also been made to reduce overfishing of these oceans. The Ice ...
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Dr David Stevens: Publications
R.D. Muench (2004): On the fate of the Antarctic Slope Front and the origin of the Weddell Front. Journal of Geophysical Research, 109, C06021, doi:10.1029/2003JC002053, GS. Richardson ... and D.P. Stevens (2008): Eddy heat fluxes from direct current measurements of the Antarctic Polar Front in Shag Rocks Passage, Geophysical Research Letters, 35, L06602, doi:10.1029/2007GL032767, GS. Shaffrey ...
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Polar Bear - Defenders of Wildlife
Home Polar Bear Ursus maritimus Polar Bears Listed May 14, 2008 - Defenders of Wildlife welcomes decision to list polar bears ... Polar bears’ long neck and narrow skull aid in streamlining the animal in water, and their large, flat and oar-like front feet make them strong swimmers. Their fur is thicker than any other bears’ even covering their feet, for warmth and traction on ice. Polar ...
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Polar Bear
Polar Bear Home Bear News Field Courses Projects Education Bear Species Membership Staff Links Great Bear Foundation PO Box 9383 802 East Front Street Missoula, MT 59807 PH: (406) 829-9378 FAX ... front paws as paddles and hind feet as rudders. Hibernation Usually only pregnant females hibernate in winter. They use ice dens, similar to igloos, that they construct as temporary shelters. Most polar ...
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Polar bear control and management, Ursus arctos
(Fig. 4). The neck and front shoulders should be avoided to minimize the risk of hitting and damaging an eye. Detection Systems Detecting a polar bear that is approaching a work ... holding facility with food. Although an expensive program, the polar bear jail at Churchill has reduced the number of polar bear problems and polar bear mortalities. Relocating problem bears usually does not solve ...
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San Diego Zoo Podcasts » Blog Archive » iZoofari Chat: Bear Awareness Days, Polar Bears
Breeding Season at Polar Bear Plunge… Read blogs about the Zoo’s polar bears… Watch the bears daily on Polar Cam… NEW! iZoofari Chats ... in one of the mulch beds, with a red toy in front and lots of snow around them! What a fun picture and ... recent blog at http://www.sandiegozoo.org/wordpress/category/default/polar-bears/ The Polar Cam only has one camera. The Panda Cam has several ...
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