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A brown skua gets set to take off. Skuas are predatory seabirds subsisting on fish and carrion, as well as the eggs and chicks of other seabirds. Photo courtesy of the US Geologic Survey/ William A. Link.
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Aerial view of Mount Erebus craters in the foreground with Mount Terror in the background, Ross Island. Image courtesy of NSF/ Josh Landis.
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Mt. Erebus is the second-highest volcano in Antarctica (after Mount Sidley) and the southernmost active volcano on Earth. Photo courtesy of the USGS/ Richard Waitt.
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Panorama of Ross Island showing the Hut Point Peninsula (foreground), Mount Erebus (left), and Mount Terror (right). Image courtesy of NOAA.
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Weighing a female seal, while her pup waits. (Mom weighed about 505 kg or 1115 pounds.) Photo courtesy of the US Geologic Survey/ William A. Link.
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A baby seal rests on its side in the snow. Photo courtesy of the US Geologic Survey/ William A. Link.
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Twin Weddell seal pups are rare. Photo courtesy of the US Geologic Survey/ William A. Link.
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Seal swimming lesson. Note shaved ice in front of mom (right): she's been enlarging the hole with her teeth. Photo courtesy of the US Geologic Survey/ William A. Link.
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A newly tagged Weddell seal pup rests with its mom. Photo courtesy of the US Geologic Survey/ William A. Link.
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