Mummified seal carcasses in the McMurdo Sound region, Antarctica

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Information was collected on 90 mummified carcasses of the "crab-eater" seal in the ice-free areas of the McMurdo Sound region, Antarctica. The carcasses range from relatively well-preserved bodies to merely old, twisted, wind-dissected fragments of tissue. They are hard and dry and lie on the surface of the ground, mostly in valley bottoms. The arid, cold climate is ideal for retarding organic decay. One carcass was dated by radiocarbon analysis and found to be be-tween 1600 and 2600 years old.

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Pewe, T.L., Rivard, N., and Llano, G., 1959, Mummified seal carcasses in the McMurdo Sound region, Antarctica: Science, v. 130, no. 3377, p. 716-716, https://doi.org/10.1126/science.130.3377.716.

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Publication type Article
Publication Subtype Journal Article
Title Mummified seal carcasses in the McMurdo Sound region, Antarctica
Series title Science
DOI 10.1126/science.130.3377.716
Volume 130
Issue 3377
Year Published 1959
Language English
Publisher American Association for the Advancement of Science
Description 1 p.
First page 716
Last page 716
Other Geospatial McMurdo Sound region, Antarctica
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