harp seal

There have been twice as many harp seal sightings in 2019 (30) than in 2017 and 2018 combined.

We summarize and examine the occurrence in the ice-tongue fjord environment (ITFE) of Petermann Fjord and adjacent Nares Strait of four recorded seal species: bearded seal (Erignathus barbatus), ringed seal (Pusa hispida), harp seal (Pagophilus groenlandicus), and hooded seal (Crystophora cristata).

Shock and Penguins of battle Dr Fellow agents include harp seal demolitions expert Short Fuse (Ken Jeong), snowy owl intelligence analyst Eva (Annet Mahendru) and plucky polar bear Corporal (Peter Stormare).

The stories told are: the development of the National Park system in the U.S.; politics of the conservation movement in Australia; the Ogani people versus oil interests in the Niger Delta; protecting the Tibetan antelope; Greenpeace protest against harp seal slaughter in Canada; the Bhopal, India chemical plant disaster and its aftermath; rubber tappers in the Brazilian Amazon; the waste crisis in Campania, Italy; and the rise of European environmentalism.

Using my Swarovski EL binoculars, I thought I saw a big harp seal head about a mile away.

From the Japanese firm AIST is an interactive robot called Paro -- designed to look like a baby harp seal -- to simulate animal therapy for people in hospitals and extended care facilities where live animals are banned.

Point Riche's interruption of the north-trending west coast brought the harp seal migration close to its shores, and spring sea ice provided a stable platform for hunters.

We therefore conducted four feeding trials with a captive polar bear to investigate how 2 novel untested diets such as Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus) and harp seal meat/fat (Pagophilus groenlandicus) are digested and energetically utilized.

After reading this book, I realized I had a deeper appreciation for the Arctic and had learned some amazing facts, all the while being entertained by truly outstanding photographs: hills and valleys of Northwest Fiord in East Greenland, longtailed jaegars soaring in the air, wrestling polar bears, and close-up portraits of harp seal pups, just to name a few.

In addition, we included partial P gene sequences obtained from tissues and nasal swabs of northern seas otters (Enhydra lutris) from an unusual mortality event in south-central Alaska in 2006, as well as samples from a harp seal found in the Gulf of St.

In 1977, French actress Brigitte Bardot hugged a stuffed white harp seal pup on a Newfoundland ice floe and so began Europe's focus on seal products and the era of celebrity involvement.

Senate Resolution 84 in 2009, which declared an end to the annual harp seal slaughter, Canada continues to support the slaughter, which has resulted in one million seals killed in the past five years alone.

In many countries, opposition to the annual Arctic harp seal hunt has resulted in bans and restrictions on the practice.