Pregnant female southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) giving birth on the beach in Stromness Bay, South Georgia Island

Female southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) with newborn pup on the beach in Stromness Bay, South Georgia Island

Female southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) with newborn pup on the beach in Stromness Bay, South Georgia Island

Skuas (Catharacta antarctica) fight for the afterbirth of a southern elephant seal, South Georgia

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

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

Mother polar bear (Ursus maritimus), with cub of the year in Holmabukta in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway

Mother polar bear (Ursus maritimus), with cub of the year in Holmabukta in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway

Mother polar bear (Ursus maritimus), with cub of the year in Holmabukta in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway

Two mother polar bears (Ursus maritimus) with cubs of the year watch a male bear feeding on a fin whale carcass in Svalbard, Norway

Mother polar bear (Ursus maritimus), with cub of the year in Holmabukta in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway

Pregnant female southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) giving birth on the beach in Stromness Bay, South Georgia Island

Pregnant female southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) giving birth on the beach in Stromness Bay, South Georgia Island

Pregnant female southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) giving birth on the beach in Stromness Bay, South Georgia Island

Adult sea otter (Enhydra lutris kenyoni) mother and pup in Inian Pass, Southeastern Alaska, United States of America

Female southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) with newborn pup on the beach in Stromness Bay, South Georgia Island

Female southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) with newborn pup as skuas (Catharacta antarctica) fight for the afterbirth, South Georgia

Adelie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae), feeding chick at breeding colony at Brown Bluff, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, Polar Regions