The implications of the research described in Southern Exposure stretch beyond the Antarctic. The data Dr. Mellish and her team have collected by studying Weddell seals can be used to make predictions about how other ice-dependent species, such as Arctic species like ringed seals and walrus, may react to changing conditions in their own local environments.

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