A marine biologist at the British Antarctic Survey has been killed by a leopard seal as she snorkelled. The seal attacked Kirsty Brown without warning and dragged her underneath the water as she ...

Marine biologist Kirsty Brown, 28, was studying the movement ... Although they are formidable hunters, leopard seals are solitary creatures and it is virtually unknown for them to attack humans.

THE British Antarctic Survey (BAS) Dash-7 aircraft used to retrieve the body of scientist Kirsty Brown from Antarctica ... was pulled under water by a leopard seal while scuba diving at Rothera ...