Abstract:
Antarctic fur seals Arctocephalus gazella
mainly breed at islands south of the Antarctic Polar Front,
but stragglers occasionally occur farther north, with records
from Gough Island (40 S, 10 W) in the central South
Atlantic Ocean in October/November 2005 and September/
October 2009. We report the first record from Tristan da
Cunha (37 S, 12 W) in September 2013, and another
individual that was observed at Gough Island. Both individuals
were lean, lethargic subadult males that were
present before the onset of the breeding (pupping) season
of the resident populations of subantarctic fur seals Arctocephalus
tropicalis.
