Under-shelf ice foraging of Weddell seals

• Main Authors: Nachtsheim, Dominik, Held, Christoph, Owsianowski, Nils, Plötz, Joachim, Steinmetz, Richard, Naito, Yasuhiko, Bornemann, Horst
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Ice Shelf; Larsen Ice Shelf; Riiser Larsen Ice Shelf; Riiser-Larsen Ice Shelf; Weddell Sea; Weddell Seals
• Online Access: https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/45200/; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.51378

The Drescher Inlet is a 25km long crack in the Riiser-Larsen Ice Shelf, eastern Weddell Sea, and is characterized by a stable fast ice layer. The fast ice represents an attractive habitat for Weddell seals, aggregating along the tidal cracks of the inlet in numbers of ca. 200 – 300 individuals. Mult...