The Seals of the Falkland Islands and Dependencies
- 1 August 1953
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Oryx
- Vol. 2 (2) , 87-97
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0030605300036383
Abstract
The Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey has established and maintained a number of antarctic bases since 1945. They are located on the Graham Land peninsula, in the South Shetland and South Orkney Islands, and at South Georgia; over the years a great deal of general information about the various species of seals has accumulated. I have spent a total of thirty-six months in the Dependencies between 1948 and 1951 and some weeks in the Falkland Islands, occupied with a special study of the elephant seal, although opportunities were taken for work on other species. As a result we now have a fairly comprehensive picture of the status of the various pinniped species in this sector of the southern oceans.Keywords
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