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Description: | One of two seal skulls collected by H. R. 'Bob' Young in the vicinity of Little America on the Ross Ice Shelf during Richard E. Byrd's second Antarctic Expedition, stationed at Little America from January 1934 to February 1935. The expedition's biologist Alton Lindsey noted on 25 July 1934 that he started photographing seal skulls which had been cleaned by Young.
Cranium and mandible of a Crabeater Seal (Lobodon carcinophaga).
caption: Dorsal view of whole of Horniman Museum object no NH.36.36
caption: Lateral left view of whole of Horniman Museum object no NH.36.36
caption: Dorsal view of cranium of Horniman Museum object no NH.36.36 | Publisher: | http://www.horniman.ac.uk/ | Rights holder: | Horniman Museum and Gardens | Subjects: | Crabeater Seal (Lobodon carcinophaga) Second Byrd Antarctic Expedition skeletal material | Source: | Horniman Museum | Identifier: | oai:oai.horniman.ac.uk:object-190871 | Go to resource |
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