#weddell — Public Fediverse posts

In the past 10 years, the #Antarctic #seaice extent has taken on the same pattern as that seen in the #Weddell Sea.

Furthermore, the sea-ice extent in the Weddell Sea also hit an all-time low in May of 2023.

Source: #OSISAF #ESAClimate

Sea-ice chart for the #Weddell Sea showing "very open drift ice" along almost the entire eastern coastline.

Source: #METNorway #iceservice

Status of the #January #seaice in the #Antarctic:

- Sea-ice extent was clearly *record-low* for January this year.
- Large negative sea-ice anomalies are seen in #Bellinghausen, #Amundsen/#Ross, and even an open-water region in the eastern #Weddell Sea

Source: #OSISAF

Under Antarctic Ice
This 15 min amazing video with sound shows underwater imagery from #McMurdo Sound, #Antarctica:
https://vimeo.com/778342569/f1834fe8fc
It was created by Henry Kaiser
https://panm360.com/en/interviews-panm360/a-love-supreme-electric-henry-kaiser-et-ses-electrisants-collegues/
when he joined our NSF-funded Weddell Seal research project as outreach cinematographer. He did the diving, took and edited the video, and created the soundtrack - that is him playing the guitar, and he also used recorded #Weddell seal vocalizations.
This is an amazingly beautiful video to sit and enjoy during the holidays.
Happy Antarctic Holidays!