Guadalupe fur seal (Arctocephalus townsendi), at new haul out on Las Animas Island, Baja California Sur, Sea of Cortez, Mexico, North America

Guadalupe fur seals (Arctocephalus townsendi), underwater on Las Animas Island, Baja California Sur, Sea of Cortez, Mexico, North America

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

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

Native children wearing seal skin clothing, Museum in Nanortalik Port, Island of Qoornoq, Province of Kitaa, Southern Greenland, Kingdom of Denmark, Polar Regions

Native man wearing seal skin clothing, Museum in Nanortalik Port, Island of Qoornoq, Province of Kitaa, Southern Greenland, Kingdom of Denmark, Polar Regions

Elephant seal (Mirounga leonina), Right Whale Bay

Antarctic Fur Seals (Arctocephalus gazella) in Right Whale Bay, South Georgia Island

Traditional seal skin slippers in the tannery in Shishmaref, a tiny island between Alaska and Siberia in the Chukchi sea, United States of America, North America

Newborn southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) on the beach at President Head on Snow Island in the South Shetland Island Group, Antarctica

Southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) on the beach at President Head on Snow Island in the South Shetland Island Group, Antarctica

New Zealand fur seal (Arctochephalus forsteri) on rugged Kaikoura coast. Kaikoura, South Island, New Zealand.

Adult bull southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) on the beach at President Head on Snow Island in the South Shetland Island Group, Antarctica

Leucistic Antarctic Fur Seal pup, Arctocephalus gazella, South Georgia, South Atlantic Ocean. Leucism is a general term for the phenotype resulting from defects in pigment cell differentiation and/or migration from the neural crest to skin, hair or feathers . This results in either the entire body surface or patches of the body surface having a lack of cells capable of making pigment.

Harbour seal skins stretched and drying. Kimmirut, Baffin Island (Qikiqtaaluk) Nunavut, Canada, North America

Northern Elephant Seal, male (Mirounga angustirostris). USA, CA

Leucistic Antarctic Fur Seal pup, Arctocephalus gazella, amongst normally coloured animals, South Georgia, South Atlantic Ocean. Leucism is a general term for the phenotype resulting from defects in pigment cell differentiation and/or migration from the neural crest to skin, hair or feathers . This results in either the entire surface or patches of the body surface having a lack of cells capable of making pigment.

Southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonine) with king penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) in background, South Georgia Island, Antartica, Southern ocean.

Southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonine) with king penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) in background, South Georgia Island, Antartica, Southern ocean.

Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddelli). Close up of head. Antarctic Peninsula, Southern Ocean.

Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddelli), hauled out. Antarctic Peninsula, Southern Ocean.

Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddelli). Close up of head. Antarctic Peninsula, Southern Ocean.

Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddelli). Close up of head. Antarctic Peninsula, Southern Ocean.

An Inuit man prepares seal skins in the tannery in Shishmaref, a tiny island between Alaska and Siberia in the Chukchi sea, United States of America, North America

Crab eater seal (Lobodon carcinophaga) hauled out. Antarctic Peninsula, Southern Ocean.

New Zealand fur seal (Arctochephalus forsteri) scratching. Pilots Bay, Otago Harbour, South Island, New Zealand.

Crab eater seal (Lobodon carcinophaga) hauled out. Antarctic Peninsula, Southern Ocean.

Crab eater seal (Lobodon carcinophaga) sleeping while floating at sea, near sea ice. Anvers Island, Antarctic Peninsula, Southern Ocean.

Inside an igloo in Gojahaven, an Inuit settlement in the far north of Canada.

Inside an igloo in Gojahaven, an Inuit settlement in the far north of Canada.

Inside an igloo in Gojahaven, an Inuit settlement in the far north of Canada.

Young boy in Gjohaven, an inuit settlement in the far north of Canada

Californian Sea Lion and skin-diver, Zalophus californianus, Mexico, Sea of Cortez, Baja California, La Paz

Skin of a seal. The traditional and remote greenlandic inuit village Kullorsuaq, Melville Bay, part of Baffin Bay. America, North America, Greenland, Danish territory

Inuit actors dress in traditional seal skin clothing.

Camping "on the land" with the Pauloosie Muckpa family. After seal hunt, they caught 3 seals total, two pups and one mother. (They will use the mother to feed the dogs, they did not intend to kill her.)

Hawaii, Maui, Molokini, monk seal playing.