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SCS: Grey Seal (Halichoerus grypus)
Gulf of St. Lawrence on land-fast ice or ice floes. In the Baltic Sea pupping takes place mostly on pack ice in the middle of the ... archipelago. This situation can vary if the winter has produced little ice in the Baltic Sea. Females usually give birth about a day ... however where the females are more spread out, usually on sand or ice, males are usually only able to mate with one female. There ...
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SCS: Baikal Seal (Phoca sibirica)
February to March, the pups being born in lairs that have been hollowed out on the fast ice. Baikal seals maintain breathing and haulout holes in the ice ... 5 months but in the southern part of the lake the ice breaks up earlier causing weaning to occur prematurely and thus the ... The seals usually moult on the ice in the late spring but in mild years the ice melts earlier and the seals are ...
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CRESLI grey seal page
Island, west of Nantucket Island. Breeding takes place on rocky or sandy islands or land fast ice after pups are weaned. Newborn pups averaging 3 feet and weighing about 35 pounds are ... born with a creamy white coat called lanugo ( a reminder of their ancestral association with ice), which is shed shortly before the mother leaves them at about 3 weeks of age ...
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Nilson's Hardware & Rent-It Ice Castle Fish House and Hunting Shack
Our hole covers are the perfect way to put ice fishing holes in your Ice House. Fast and Easy Installation. Inexpensive. Clean and Modern Look ... your fishing hole. No Snow - No Problem - eliminates banking your ice house. Available in 9" length. Price: $19.99 Order ... way to drill your holes without the mess of ice shavings everywhere. Minimizes ice shavings and water as you auger your fishing hole ...
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Polar bear control and management, Ursus arctos
Polar bears use a variety of habitats when hunting seals, including stable fast-ice ... ice close enough to migrate to. In these areas the bears may be forced ashore as early as the end of July to fast ... . General Biology, Reproduction, and Behavior Polar bears mate on the sea ice in April and May. Implantation of the embryo is delayed until ...
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Harp Seal - Arctic Mammal - The Harp Seal
Legendary Creatures Harp Seal From It's Nature! Home » Above The Ice » Harp Seal Harp Seal Harp seals are pinnipeds, which mean ... the adults and become part of the herd. They do not swim fast, but make a journey of a few thousand miles to spend ... Air Endangered Species Extinct Species Legendary Creatures On the Ground On the Ice Plant Life Natural Wonders Underwater In The Trees On Television Wild ...
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Living on Earth: Is Global Warming Affecting Polar Ice Shelves?
Antarctica's bedrock and surging toward the ocean at the rate of 4 feet per day. Known as fast flowing streams, several of these massive rivers of ice have been discovered in western Antarctica. They have the potential to drain the entire West Antarctic ice sheet into the sea. ENGLEHARDT: The ice ... warming causes the ice shelves to melt, the ice streams would be ...
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Arctic Ice Melting
Satellite measurements show the area covered by Arctic winter sea ice reached an all-time low in March, down some 300,000 ... fast as the rest of the planet and the region is expected to warm by a further 4C-7C by 2100. The summer and winter ice ... is unprecedented almost within the entire record of human species." The winter ice has declined all around the region - bad news for polar bears, ...
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Larsen Ice Shelf Expedition, Antarctic Peninsula Information, Facts -- National Geographic
Photograph by NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Project Location The Larsen Ice Shelf expedition team traverse the Antarctic Peninsula. About the Project In December 2007, a team ... , and patience. By glimpsing what remains of the Larsen Ice Shelf and bringing back dramatic stories, photos, and video of this fast-evolving region of Antarctica, the team will provide an up ...
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Eco-Economy Indicators: Ice Melt Accelerates Around the World
September shrunk by 7.8 percent per decade, more than three times as fast as the average rate simulated by climate models. Researchers were further stunned in the summer of 2007 when Arctic sea ice ... years. Warmer temperatures are also accelerating ice melt on the nearby Greenland ice sheet, which contains enough ice to raise sea level by seven ...
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