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Our third seal captured and tagged means we've matched our success in 2009. Stay tuned to see if we can break the record.

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Uploaded on Jun 18, 2011

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A Seal in the Hand

A Seal in the Hand

John, Shawn, Al, and myself set on two big ogruks, neither of which stumbled into our nets. But a third...

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Seal that Got Away

Seal that Got Away

This seal gets the award for most tolerant, and us for most inept. We circled this seal almost entirely...

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The Seal Gang

The Seal Gang

Smiles all around because I about fell in the water after I set the timer, sprinted to the boat, and misjudged the edge of the ice.

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Fishing the Seal

Fishing the Seal

Our first seal capture. It's a thoughtful enterprise bringing a large aquatic mammal from the water up on ice without injuries to it....or us.

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Balancing Act

Balancing Act

Isn't there a yoga position that resembles this seal balancing on its belly?

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Jaba

Jaba

Star Wars, Princess Leia, Desert...need I say more. Despite the similar mass, this guy is actually quite beautiful! And has a normal tongue.

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PBJ and Muktuk

PBJ and Muktuk

After our first capture, to celebrate our Native collaborators (and friends) from Kotzebue invited us to...

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Keeping Cool

Keeping Cool

We've had an amazing string of good weather so we've been trying to keep the seals cool in temperament and temperature.

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Where Fish Stories Begin

Where Fish Stories Begin

Preparing to weigh our first seal so we can promptly start inflating the figure with each telling of the story. It weighed 355 lbs, for real!

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Waiting Game

Waiting Game

Peter and John doing a "half set", probably waiting to see if the seal resurfaces before...

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Decked in White

Decked in White

Buzzing out to the capture area, following the lead our the Native Eskimos who've been finding these...

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Knitting Netting

Knitting Netting

At seal camp near town this woman was mending a herring net, which resembles a spider web. We heard...

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Hitchhikers

Hitchhikers

It's dry, reasonably flat, and the cold doesn't seem to bother their toes, webbed feet...whatever, But...

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Uploaded on Jun 15, 2011

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For the Barn

For the Barn

Virgil (driver/owner) is known for an expedient return to shore, esp after a long day on the water. And...

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Scoping Meeting

Scoping Meeting

Scanning for seals in the ice. Might look like loafing, but finding seals in dirty ice is alot like...

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Super Size Me

Super Size Me

The creature on the right must be a super-sized subspecies of bearded seal. It's gotta be the longest...

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Bearded Quartet

Bearded Quartet

We saw a few groups of bearded seal today, up to 8 on one floe. We usually see them solo so it seems there's a convention.

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