abstract
During January and February of 1976 and 1977 seal censuses were carried out in the pack ice off the Fimbul Ice Shelf, in the King Haakon VII Sea, Antarctica. These two censuses formed part of a series started in 1974. Whales were observed during all four censuses, but only during the latter two was an attempt made to determine their density and investigate their distribution according to pack ice concentration. The results are presented here and, where possible, data from the 1974 and 1975 census voyages have been included.