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: unknown
• Published: Cambridge University Press 2006
• Subjects: Zoology; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Rothera; Hydrurga; Rothera Research Station; Antarc*; Antarctic Science; Hydrurga leptonyx; Leopard Seal; Leopard Seals
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/89/; https://doi.org/10.1017/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 uti...