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When Seals Become Scientists

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19/12/2007

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Mark Stephen discovers how Antarctica's seals are helping in scientific research.

Mark Stephen discovers how scientists from St Andrews have found a way of getting the local seals of Antarctica's winter pack ice to help in their research.

There are some places even the most intrepid human explorer can't go - like deep beneath Antarctica's winter pack ice. But as Mark Stephen discovers, scientists from St Andrews have found a way of getting the local seals to help out.

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