About the Authors

Peter T. Fretwell

ptf@bas.ac.uk

Affiliation British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Phil N. Trathan

Affiliation British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Barbara Wienecke

Affiliation Australian Antarctic Division, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

Gerald L. Kooyman

Affiliation Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PTF PNT BW GLK. Performed the experiments: PTF. Analyzed the data: PTF BW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PTF. Wrote the paper: PTF PNT BW GLK.