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Husky dog sled operation where each dog has its own kennel raised off ground and seal carcasses are hung nearby to feed the animals, Svalbard, Arctic, Norway, Scandinavia, Europe

Ringed seal (Phoca hispida) pup, Billefjord, Svalbard, Spitzbergen, Arctic, Norway, Scandinavia, Europe

Ringed seal (Phoca hispida) with pup, Billefjord, Svalbard, Spitzbergen, Arctic, Norway, Scandinavia, Europe

Ringed seal (Phoca hispida) pup, Billefjord, Svalbard, Spitzbergen, Arctic, Norway, Scandinavia, Europe

An adult polar bear (Ursus maritimus) with seal kill, Arctic Harbour, Isabella Bay, Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada, North America

Ringed seal (Phoca hispida) pup, Billefjord, Svalbard, Spitzbergen, Arctic, Norway, Scandinavia, Europe

A small pod of pack Ice type B killer whales (Orcinus orca), just after making a Weddell seal kill in the Lemaire Channel, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Harbor seal (Phoca vitulina) hauled out on ice calved from South Sawyer Glacier, Southeast Alaska, United States of America, North America

Harbor seal (Phoca vitulina) hauled out on ice calved from South Sawyer Glacier, Southeast Alaska, United States of America, North America

An adult polar bear (Ursus maritimus) leaping from ice floe to ice floe in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway, Arctic, Europe

A lone adult emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) on sea ice in the Gullet between Adelaide Island and the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Crabeater seal (Lobodon carcinophaga) hauled out on ice floe in the Lemaire Channel near the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Adult female leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) hauled out on ice at Brown Bluff near the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Adult male leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) hauled out on ice in the Gullet near the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Crabeater seal (Lobodon carcinophaga) hauled out on ice floe near Adelie penguin in the Gullet near the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Adult Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddellii) hauled out on ice near the Antarctic Peninsula, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

Adult Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddellii) hauled out on ice near the Antarctic Peninsula, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

Adult harbor seal (Phoca vitulina), hauled out and resting on a rocky ledge off Newport Beach, California, United States of America, North America

Northern giant petrels (Macronectes halli) fighting over the scavenging rights to a dead elephant seal pup at Royal Harbor, South Georgia

Adult bearded seal (Erignathus barbatus) swimming amongst the ice in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway

Adult bearded seal (Erignathus barbatus) swimming amongst the ice in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway

A young polar bear (Ursus maritimus) scavenging a fresh bearded seal kill recently vacated by old male that killed the seal, Svalbard, Norway

Two young polar bears (Ursus maritimus), feeding side-by-side on a fresh bearded seal kill on Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway

Two young polar bears (Ursus maritimus), feeding side-by-side on a fresh bearded seal kill on Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway

Two young polar bears (Ursus maritimus), feeding side-by-side on a fresh bearded seal kill on Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway

Mother polar bear (Ursus maritimus) and cub-of-the-year disputing then allowing a male bear to feed on a fin whale, Svalbard Archipelago, Norway

A mother polar bear (Ursus maritimus), with cub of the year feeding on a fin whale carcass in Holmabukta, Svalbard, Norway

An adult ivory gull (Pagophila eburnea) on ringed seal kill on Spitsbergen in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway, Arctic, Europe

Antarctic fur seal pups (Arctocephalus gazella) near the abandoned whaling station at Stromness Bay on South Georgia, Polar Regions

Adelie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) on ice floe with leopard seal at Brown Bluff, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Adult bearded seal (Erignathus barbatus) swimming amongst the ice in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway

Adult polar bear (Ursus maritimus) with a freshly killed ringed seal, PUnited States of America hispida, in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway

A well-scarred old male polar bear (Ursus maritimus), on a fresh bearded seal kill near Monacobreen Glacier, Svalbard, Norway

A young polar bear (Ursus maritimus) scavenging a fresh bearded seal kill recently vacated by old male that killed the seal, Svalbard, Norway

Two young polar bears (Ursus maritimus), feeding side-by-side on a fresh bearded seal kill on Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway

A young polar bear (Ursus maritimus) scavenging a fresh bearded seal kill recently vacated by old male that killed the seal, Svalbard, Norway

A curious young polar bear (Ursus maritimus), swimming to the smell of a fresh bearded seal kill in SpitsBergen, Vestland, Norway

Adult male hooded seal (Cystophora cristata) hauled out on pack-ice in seasof Denmark Strait, between Iceland and Greenland

Harp seal (Pagophilus groenlandicus), hauled out on the pack-ice in between Iceland and Greenland in the Denmark Strait, Denmark

Harbor seal (Phoca vitulina) hauled out on ice calved from South Sawyer Glacier, Southeast Alaska, United States of America, North America

Adult leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx), hauled out on ice floe at Dorian Bay near the Antarctic Peninsula, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

An adult ivory gull (Pagophila eburnea) on ringed seal kill on Spitsbergen in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway, Arctic, Europe

Curious adult bull walrus (Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus) approach the ship at Moffen Island in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway, Arctic, Europe

Antarctic fur seal pups (Arctocephalus gazella) near the abandoned whaling station at Stromness Bay on South Georgia, Polar Regions

Leucistic caused by lack of melanin, or blond Antarctic fur seal pup (Arctocephalus gazella) on South Georgia, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

Leucistic caused by lack of melanin, or blond Antarctic fur seal pup (Arctocephalus gazella) on South Georgia, Polar Regions

Leucistic caused by lack of melanin, or blond Antarctic fur seal pup (Arctocephalus gazella) on South Georgia, Polar Regions

Leucistic caused by lack of melanin, or blond Antarctic fur seal pup (Arctocephalus gazella) on South Georgia, Polar Regions

Adult female leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) hauled out on an ice floe in Kayak Cove on Brabant Island, Antarctica, Polar Regions

A young polar bear (Ursus maritimus) scavenging a fresh bearded seal kill recently vacated by old male that killed the seal, Svalbard, Norway

Adult polar bear (Ursus maritimus) in Holmabukta on the northwest coast of Spitsbergen in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway

Two young polar bears (Ursus maritimus), disputing feeding rights on a fresh bearded seal kill near Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway

Two young polar bears (Ursus maritimus), feeding side-by-side on a fresh bearded seal kill on Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway

Young polar bear (Ursus maritimus), feeding on a fresh bearded seal kill near Monacobreen Glacier, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway

Young male polar bear (Ursus maritimus), shaking its fur, feeding on a fin whale carcass in Holmabukta in Svalbard, Norway

Female southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) showing slight aggression at Moltke Harbor on South Georgia Island, Polar Regions

Adult crabeater seal (Lobodon carcinophaga), hauled out on iceberg at Booth Island near the Antarctic Peninsula, Polar Regions

A small pod of pack Ice type B killer whales (Orcinus orca), just after making a Weddell seal kill in the Lemaire Channel, Antarctica, Polar Regions

A ringed seal (Pusa hispida) near its breathing hole in Storfjorden, Svalbard, Norway, Scandinavia, Europe

Polar bear with a cub near a ringed seal kill, Svalbard, Spitzbergen, Arctic, Norway, Scandinavia, Europe

Adult bearded seal (Erignathus barbatus) hauled out on ice in Olga Strait, Svalbard, Arctic, Norway, Scandinavia, Europe

Radio collared female polar bear (Ursus maritimus) with fresh seal kill on ice in Hinlopen Strait, Svalbard, Norway, Scandinavia, Europe

Adult bearded seal (Erignathus barbatus) hauled out on ice in Storfjorden, Svalbard, Arctic, Norway, Scandinavia, Europe

Adult bearded seal (Erignathus barbatus) on ice floe in Hinlopen Strait, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, Scandinavia, Europe

Bearded Seal (Erignathus barbatus) laying on pack ice, Spitsbergen Island, Svalbard Archipelago, Arctic, Norway, Scandinavia, Europe

Inuit or Inughuit subsistence hunter in traditional clothing for winter and spring of seal skin boots (Kamiks), polar bear fur trousers, seal skin mitts and parka, Greenland, Denmark, Polar Regions

Ringed seal (Phoca hispida) pup, Billefjord, Svalbard, Spitzbergen, Artic, Norway, Scandinavia, Europe

A younger polar bear (Ursus maritimus) scavenging a fresh bearded seal kill, Monacobreen Glacier, Spitsbergen, Norway

A well-scarred old male polar bear (Ursus maritimus) defending a fresh kill against an intruder, Monacobreen Glacier, Spitsbergen, Norway

A well-scarred old male polar bear (Ursus maritimus) defending a fresh kill against an intruder, Monacobreen Glacier, Spitsbergen, Norway

Two young polar bears (Ursus maritimus) feeding side-by-side on a fresh bearded seal kill near Monacobreen Glacier, Spitsbergen, Svalbard Archipelago, Norway

A well-scarred old male polar bear (Ursus maritimus) on a fresh bearded seal kill near Monacobreen Glacier, Spitsbergen in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway

National Geographic photographer Joel Sartore and his wife Kathy kayaking with a leopard seal near Danco Island, Antarctica

A younger polar bear (Ursus maritimus) scavenging a fresh bearded seal kill, Monacobreen Glacier, Spitsbergen, Norway

Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) adult with seal kill. Monacobreen Glacier, Spitsbergen in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway