Interactions between humans and leopard seals

• Published in: Antarctic Science
• Main Authors: Muir, Shona F., Barnes, David K.A., Reid, Keith
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2006
• Subjects: Antarc*; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Antarctic Science; Hydrurga leptonyx; Leopard Seal; Leopard Seals
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0954102006000058; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0954102006000058

In July 2003 Kirsty Brown, a marine biologist at Rothera Research Station (West Antarctic Peninsula), was attacked and drowned by a leopard seal ( Hydrurga leptonyx ). As a direct consequence, a study was initiated to analyse interactions between humans and leopard seals over the last thirty years u...