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Remembering Walter Munk, a photo on a flash drive in a pile of poo from a seal at the bottom of the sea, lucky vikings, and more! Monday Morning Salvage: February 11, 2019

Posted on February 11, 2019February 11, 2019 By Andrew Thaler
Weekly Salvage

Foghorn (A Call to Action!)

  • Walter Munk, World-Renowned Oceanographer and Revered Scientist has died.

Flotsam (what we’re obsessed with right now)

  • So many mesmerizing videos from Deep Sea News! Experience the Life of the Deep Gulf of Mexico in 20 Videos.
  • This is a staggeringly beautiful image: One Great Shot: The Guillemot and the Iceberg.
Carsten Egevang goes looking for seals in Greenland and finds a photogenic guillemot instead.
  • Did you lose a flash drive? NIWA might have it. They were defrosting leopard seal poo…you won’t believe what happened next!
This photo of a sealion on a Southland beach was found on a USB stick swallowed by a leopard seal. Credit: unknown

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