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Another Amazing Season
Posted By: Shane_Kanatous, Dr. Kanatous on Monday, December 18, 2006
Wow; another amazing season! We successfully sampled another 31 animals, which brings our total to 62 animals over the last two seasons. For a study of this type that is truly an amazing number of animals. I would like to take a moment and thank the outstanding efforts of the field team (Steve, Jay, Shawn and Linnea), the lab team (Tom, Peter, Sophia and Jesse) as well as the Polar Science team (Susan, Tom, Diane and you) for the success of this study as well as the website.
I am now back in Colorado and I cannot believe how fast the past 10 weeks have gone by. As I have stated numerous times, our field season was an incredible success and learning experience. But that is not where it ends. As a matter of fact, the end of the season is only the beginning of our study. We now have to complete our analysis and hopefully get closer to answering the question of how the skeletal muscles of a Weddell seal pup transform from a completely terrestrial non-diving animal to one of the most elite diving mammals in the world.
I hope you have all enjoyed our updates as much as we have putting them together. I would like to again express my deep gratitude to all the members of the team, our families, the STARs and Polar Science groups and you for all your support. Please continue to check the website, as we will be posting periodic updates on the progress of the analysis.
Shane
PS. The samples have all made it back to the lab safely!!!!
