It was a funny, funny moment for everybody. I mean, it probably wasn’t that funny for the seal.” “It only took a couple seconds for everybody to pull up the frames and zoom in,” McKeen said.

Seals with funny hats are helping map the Antarctic seascape. These trackers turn seals into roving sensors. By Charlotte Hu. Published Nov 6, 2023 8:00 AM EST. Clive McMahon, IMOS and SIMS.

Antarctic seals, such as the 50 Weddell seals and 215 southern elephant seals they tagged, regularly travel to great depths of the ocean.. In 2021, the researchers from the seal study suggested ...

Studying the ocean is a daunting task. It requires machines that don’t corrode in the seawater, and are able to withstand the escalating, crushing pressures as they dive down. While robots have ...

Scientists put trackers on Antarctic seals to help them map the ocean floor. The deep-diving seals uncovered a massive underwater canyon more than a mile deep. This canyon may help scientists predict ...

Antarctic seals, such as the 50 Weddell seals and 215 southern elephant seals they tagged, regularly travel to great depths of the ocean. ADVERTISEMENT In 2021, the researchers from the seal study ...

Scientists put trackers on Antarctic seals to help them map the ocean floor. The deep-diving seals uncovered a massive underwater canyon more than a mile deep. This canyon may help scientists ...