Miss Brown was a geology graduate from Royal Holloway College, Surrey, and studied for an MSc in oceanography at Southampton University. As well as having large canines for dealing with bigger prey, their cheek teeth are serrated, which enables them to strain krill from the water. Her project was aimed at investigating the effects of iceberg disturbance on plant and animal communities inhabiting the near-shore Antarctic seabed. "And with more people going to Antarctica each year, he believes even greater care is needed. In 1985, Scottish polar explorer Gareth Wood had a lucky escape while walking across a thin ice layer.In his written account of the encounter, he recalled, "Suddenly, the surface erupted as the massive head and shoulders of a mature leopard seal, mouth gaping in expectation, crashed through the eggshell covering. Leopard seals are solitary animals that inhabit the pack-ice surrounding the area, growing up to 3.5 meters long. An onshore cover team was called and helped pull the 28-year-old from the water but, despite resuscitation attempts on the boat and at the research station, she died. According to the BAS, this is the first such attack in 30 years of diving and snorkeling by its staff. In 2003, biologist Kirsty Brown of the British Antarctic Survey was killed by a leopard seal while snorkeling in Antarctica. Kirsty Brown was dragged underwater by the seal while snorkeling near Rothera research station on the Antarctic Peninsula. Rogers, T.L. "We have a lot of risk assessment and safety procedures in place," she said.

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The captured bird is thrashed about on the water until its skin peels away. My heart goes out to Kirsty's family and her colleagues at Rothera. "If a leopard seal is in the water then researchers don't go in. He says it could be a defensive reaction, having been startled, or a case of mistaking the diver for prey while hunting other seals.A third possibility is more worrying. This was the first recorded human fatality from a leopard seal. Moment unwitting firefighters prize open doors to  infamous 'Warehouse 12' seconds before its 2,750-ton store of ammonium nitrate blew Beirut to smithereens 'It's not going to happen!' "Boyd believes there are three possible reasons why a leopard seal would grab a diver. They don't occur in very large numbers and finding them is difficult. BAS director Professor Chris Rapley described her as a 'vibrant and dynamic' woman. FBI hunts for mother, 21, whose two-year-old son was found alone in a Florida parking lot hundreds of miles from their Georgia home after she 'went to met a man she befriended online'Dramatic moment swimmer is saved from drowning at beach in DorsetWoman yelled at for not wearing a mask while waiting for the tubeKeeley Bunker and Wesley Streete seen in same Birmingham clubPlume of smoke rises above port area of Beirut after explosionTourist breaks toes off a 200-year-old sculpture at Italian museumKate Middleton, Duchess of Cambridge visits Yorkshire baby bank'I feel like you're blaming me' - Wesley Streete seen on bodycamDevastating footage of Beirut explosion decimating buildingsBeirut: Clip shows car getting knocked over by powerful explosionHilarious moment woman is attacked by flock of hungry seagullsSerial killer of 83 women in Russia expresses 'regret'