Oceanwide Expeditions announced the successful completion of its “Remote Weddell Sea Explorer” voyage onboard the Ortelius.

This Antarctic mammal can swim under the ice for more than an hour without coming up for air. How is it able to find its way back to its breathing hole, particularly during the long Antarctic night?

Weddell seals are the most southerly breeding mammal ... return to Europe for my damaged nerves to recover. (Read more: Why Antarctica Is So Hard on the Body—Even for Buzz Aldrin) What could ...

Oceanwide Expeditions concludes its Remote Weddell Sea Explorer voyage, making history with record-breaking achievements and ...

While this area isn't accessible to tourists, Antarctic cruise passengers regularly visit the Weddell Sea region, where they might spot the abundant seals that feed on these remarkable fish.

Meet some of Antarctica's iconic species – emperor penguins and Weddell seals – and learn how they use the ice. Just outside ...

90 percent of the seals’ diving activities took place ... Considering how little known the Antarctic Weddell Sea is, this underlines all the more the need of international efforts to establish ...

In July 1911, it took Apsley Cherry-Garrard, Edward Wilson and Henry Bowers 19 days to travel from Cape Evans to the emperor ...

Meijers said this scenario could seriously impede seals and penguins trying ... passing the east side of the Antarctica Peninsula through the Weddell Sea along a route called "iceberg alley." ...

such as ice seals and some species of penguins. Author and ecologist Professor Eugene Murphy from British Antarctic Survey says: “The dramatic decline in sea ice observed in the Weddell Sea is ...