i have been thinking that maybe we have luck later in the winter when firm ice has formed. then it is easier to get to the island than in a boat. but this is not enough i think: we shall have to wait even longer till the seal mothers have left their pups on the island and have swam away. then it will be possible to go there, not earlier. (edit: i'm reading the first forum pages now. it seems that mother seals still came ashore to feed their babies.)
the seal camera started that way for the first time on March 7th 2009.
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i think aita found some time ago the video which showed how the camera was set up on the island. there were seal pups all over the place under bushes and between rocks.
they were already mostly grey (not baby white any more) and they hissed and growled at the people who were pointing their camera on them. 
so my guess is that it will be March when we get the camera back (if we get it back at all...)
... i'll try to find that video again... just a minute.
ame you are not the only one wishing & waiting. 
Ame, thank you for this beautiful recordings of the seals in 2009. I have never seen so close to seals with their young seals
