At surface behaviour of adult male southern elephant seals from King George Island from expedition JUB2000

Adult male southern elephant seals instrumented in 2000 on King George Island (n = 13), travelled both to the north (doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.231580, doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.231585) and to the east (doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.231571, doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.231579, doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.261708, doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.261709, doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.261710, doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.261711) of the Antarctic Peninsula. Five males (doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.231571, doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.231579, doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.231580, doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.261710, doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.231585) remained within 500 km of the island and focusing movements in the Bransfield Strait and around the Antarctic Peninsula. Sea-surface temperatures encountered by these animals showed little variation and they seemed to move about irrespective of sea ice cover, but frequented areas of shallow bathymetry. Three males (doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.261708, doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.261709, doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.261711) moved as far as 75°S to the east of the peninsula, into the Weddell Sea, with maximum distances of more than 1500 km from King George Island. They travelled into the Weddell Sea along the western continental shelf break until they reached the region of the Filchner Trough outflow. Here the bathymetry consists of canyons and ridges which support the intensive mixing between the warm saline waters of the Weddell Gyre and the very cold outflow waters with Ice Shelf water ingredients at the Antarctic Slope Front. Another five data sets were shorter then 40 days, and excluded from analyses (doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.231568, doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.231576, doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.231572, doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.231577, doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.264710). A computer animation was developed to visualize the animal movements in relation to the extent and concentration of sea ice (doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.509404). The need for re-instrumentation of adult males from King George Island is highlighted to investigate whether males continue to travel to similar areas and to obtain higher resolution data.

Antarctic shallow water benthos from three stations at Potter Cove, King George Island, West Antarctic Peninsula

The West Antarctic Peninsula is one of the fastest warming regions on the planet. Faster glacier retreat and related calving events lead to more frequent iceberg scouring, fresh water input and higher sediment loads which may affect benthic marine communities. On the other hand, the appearance of newly formed ice-free areas provides new substrates for colonization. Here we investigated the effect of these conditions on four benthic size classes (microbenthos, meiofauna and macrofauna) using Potter Cove (King George Island, West Antarctic Peninsula) as a case study. We identified three sites within the cove experiencing different levels of glacier retreat-related disturbance. Our results showed the existence of different communities at the same depth over a relatively small distance (about 1 km**2). This suggests glacial activity structures biotic communities over a relatively small spatial scale. In areas with frequent ice scouring and higher sediment accumulation rates, a patchy community, mainly dominated by macrobenthic scavengers (such as Barrukia cristata), vagile organisms, and younger individuals of sessile species (such as Yoldia eigthsi) was found. Meiofauna organisms such as cumaceans are found to be resistant to re-suspension and high sedimentation loads. The nematode genus Microlaimus was found to be successful in the newly exposed ice-free site, confirming its ability as a pioneering colonizer. In general, the different biological size classes appear to respond in different ways to the ongoing disturbances, suggesting that adaptation processes may be size related. Our results suggest that with continued deglaciation, more diverse but less patchy macrobenthic assemblages can become established due to less frequent ice scouring events.

The little-studied cluster Berkeley 90 I. LS III +46 11: a very massive O3.5 If* + O3.5 If* binary

Context. It appears that most (if not all) massive stars are born in multiple systems. At the same time, the most massive binaries are hard to find owing to their low numbers throughout the Galaxy and the implied large distances and extinctions. Aims. We want to study LS III +46 11, identified in this paper as a very massive binary; another nearby massive system, LS III +46 12; and the surrounding stellar cluster, Berkeley 90. Methods. Most of the data used in this paper are multi-epoch high S/N optical spectra, although we also use Lucky Imaging and archival photometry. The spectra are reduced with dedicated pipelines and processed with our own software, such as a spectroscopic-orbit code, CHORIZOS, and MGB. Results. LS III +46 11 is identified as a new very early O-type spectroscopic binary [O3.5 If* + O3.5 If*] and LS III +46 12 as another early O-type system [O4.5 V((f))]. We measure a 97.2-day period for LS III +46 11 and derive minimum masses of 38.80 ± 0.83 M⊙ and 35.60 ± 0.77 M⊙ for its two stars. We measure the extinction to both stars, estimate the distance, search for optical companions, and study the surrounding cluster. In doing so, a variable extinction is found as well as discrepant results for the distance. We discuss possible explanations and suggest that LS III +46 12 may be a hidden binary system where the companion is currently undetected.

Pamphlets on English architecture assembled by George Gilbert Scott.

Vol. 6, unanalyzed publications, cont. Records of Buckinghamshire, by the Architectural and Archaeological Society for the County of Buckingham (1854). Includes articles: Ancient British gold coins found in Whaddon Chase. Antiquities of the Chiltern Hills / W.J. Burgess. Aylesbury Church in 1848 : architect's report / Geo. Gilbert Scott. A letter from G.G. Scott, Esq., on the supposed Saxon work at Iver and at Wing. Church bells / Robert Eaton Batty. The desecrated churches of Buckinghamshire [cont.]. Drayton Beauchamp / by W. Hastings Kelke. St. Mary's, Ashendon, Bucks. / by Frederick George Lee. Earth-works at Hampden and Little Kimble / by Boughey Burgess. Hilldesden Church -- Transactions of the St. Albans Architectural and Archaeological Society (1851). Includes article: Notice of a seal formed of bone, discovered in the Abbey Church, St. Albans ... / by Albert Way.

A natural history of birds : most of which have not been figured or described, and others very little known, from obscure ... : containing the figures of sixty-one birds and two quadrupedes ...: to wich is added, an appendix, by way of illustration : part II /

Forma parte de la obra completa: "A natural history of uncommon birds, and of some other rare and undescribed animals ..."

Little bronze playfellows; a phantasy for children and grown-ups,

Mode of access: Internet.

Songs for a little house,

Reprinted in part from various periodicals.

A little gossip about printing /

Mode of access: Internet.

"Little Phil" and his troopers : the life of Gen. Philip H. Sheridan : its romance and reality, how an humble lad reached the head of an army ... /

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Comanche, the sole survivor of all the forces in Custer's last stand, the battle of the Little Big Horn.

Illustrated lining-papers.

The Psalms of David : with notes, devotional and practical, referring to the New Testament, extracted with very little alteration from Dr. Horne's commentary on the Book of Psalms /

With: Translations and paraphrases in verse ... / by a Committee of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. Edinburgh : D. Hunter Blair and M.S. Bruce, 1829.

The life of George Washington.

Also issued as v. 1 of Sparks' edition of the Writings of Washington.

The story of the war in La Vendʹee, and the Little Chouannerie.

Mode of access: Internet.

The little bugler /

Mode of access: Internet.

The little warrior,

Mode of access: Internet.