Seabird populations in Antarctica serve as indicators to assess the impacts of global environmental change. Ecological data on seabirds in Antarctica are scarce due to limited knowledge on their distribution and abundance in most parts of the continent. In this study, we investigated the status of seabird species around the Indian research stations Bharati at Larsemann Hills, Prydz bay and Maitri at Schirmacher Oasis, central Dronning Maud Land located in east Antarctica. We conducted primary surveys during austral summers under the Indian Antarctic Program and compiled published as well as unpublished information on seabird distribution from these areas. We employed intensive area search methods to locate presence of seabird nesting and moulting sites. Ten species were recorded from Larsemann Hills with confirmed breeding of snow petrel, south polar skua and Wilson’s storm-petrel. Only south polar skua and Adélie penguin were reported breeding at Schirmacher Oasis with unconfirmed breeding of Wilson’s storm-petrel. This study presents the first detailed synthesis of status of seabirds from Larsemann Hills and Schirmacher Oasis regions in Antarctica and serves as a strong baseline for future ecological work on seabirds in the sector of operation of Indian Antarctic Program.

Occupied Territory — Administrative and Legislative Measures of Occupant — Illegal Annexation of Occupied Territory — Law Introduced by Occupant in Contravention of Articles 43 and 46 of Hague Regulations of 1907 — Legislation Depriving Inhabitants of Right to Dispose of Property — Testamentary Dispositions

Occupied Territory — Administrative and Legislative Measures of Occupant — Illegal Annexation of Occupied Territory — New Legal System Introduced by Occupant in Contravention of Articles 43 and 46 of Hague Regulations of 1907 — German Occupation of Poland During Second World War — Sequestration and Confiscation of Property — German Notaries Public in Occupied Territory — Measures Altering Law as to Private Property — Validity of Wills Made in Disregard of Such Measures