A nature photographer and volunteer at a marine ecological reserve near Victoria has captured video of the moment a northern elephant seal was born off Vancouver Island.
Derek Sterling is a volunteer with the Ecoguardian program at Pearson College UWC who has been living at the Race Rocks Marine Ecological Reserve southwest of Victoria.
Pearson College spokesperson Brian Geary told CTV News that Ecoguardians like Sterling typically spend anywhere from a few weeks to several months living on the group of small islands that is sometimes referred to as the "Galapagos of the North" due to the variety of marine life the area attracts.
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