Weddell World Seal Camp

Dear Friend,

From McMurdo I rode a snowmobile for an hour over sea ice to reach the seal-research camp called Weddell World. I joined seven scientists who are hard at work learning how and what Weddell seals hunt. The scientists live in a long, low building called a Jamesway, which is set up temporarily on top of the six-foot-thick ice. Although this camp has computers and is connected to the Internet, its only bathroom is the unheated outhouse on the left side of this picture—BBRRRR!

Your friend,

Bob