The transmitter of the most famous St. Petersburg seal Kroshik has failed

Specialists will no longer be able to track the movement of the most famous Ladoga seal in St. Petersburg. The equipment installed on the animal went out of order, and access to the data site was closed. This was reported in the Foundation of friends of the Baltic seal.

Failures in the work of equipment began on October 16. The device began to transmit data mainly on the days when the seal was climbing on the stones for rest, and signals from the water almost stopped coming.

According to the provider of the company that produces the device, the mechanism that launches the transmitter on surfacing, clogged with algae or damaged. Because of this, the device turned on only after the seal completely dried out in air for several hours.

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Now experts have lost the ability to track the daily routes and distances that the St. Petersburg pet overcomes. However, the Baltic seal Foundation noted that the beast is alive and continues to move actively along Lake Ladoga.

Recall that Kroshik left the usual bay at the Foundation in April 2026. Then he went to "free swimming.".