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

Curious crabeater seals (Lobodon carcinophaga), swimming near iceberg at Booth Island near the Antarctic Peninsula, Polar Regions

Friendly southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina), weaner pup close up on the beach at Snow Island, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Sea lion blowing bubbles, Los Islotes, La Paz, Mexico.

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

Young Galapagos sea lion (Zalophus wollebaeki) underwater in the Galapagos Island Archipelago, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Ecuador, South America

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

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

Antarctic fur seal pups (Arctocephalus gazella) playing in the kelp on Prion Island in the Bay of Isles on South Georgia, Polar Regions

Antarctic fur seal pup (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, Polar Regions

Gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua) on the beach with king penguins and Antarctic fur seal pups at Stromness, South Georgia, Polar Regions

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

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), at new haul out on Las Animas Island, Baja California Sur, Sea of Cortez, Mexico, North America

Adult male Antarctic fur seal (Arctocephalus gazella) hauled out on ice near Brown Bluff, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Adult leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) near Cuverville Island near the Antarctic Peninsula, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

Adult female leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) hauled out on ice at Brown Bluff 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 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

Adult male leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) hauled out on ice in the Gullet 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

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 in Neko Harbor 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 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

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

Dead Adelie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) attacked and killed, but not eaten, by an Antarctic fur seal at Brown Bluff, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Dead Adelie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) attacked and killed, but not eaten, by an Antarctic fur seal at Brown Bluff, Antarctica, Polar Regions

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

Antarctic fur seal pup (Arctocephalus gazella) caught in fishing net on South Georgia, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

Antarctic fur seal bull (Arctocephalus gazella) on South Georgia, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

Antarctic fur seal bulls (Arctocephalus gazella) fighting for mating territory on South Georgia, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

Antarctic fur seal bull (Arctocephalus gazella) on South Georgia, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

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

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

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

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

Adult female southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) flipping sand onto its back to cool off on South Georgia Island, Southern Ocean

Skuas (Catharacta antarctica) and female southern elephant seal with newborn pup near abandoned whaling station, Stromness Bay, South Georgia

Male southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) pups mock fighting on South Georgia Island, Southern Ocean

Bull southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) on South Georgia Island, Southern Ocean

Bull southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) on South Georgia Island, Southern Ocean

Southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) mating behavior on South Georgia Island, Southern Ocean

Southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) mating behavior on South Georgia Island, Southern Ocean

Adult bearded seal (Erignathus barbatus) hauled out on 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Southern elephant seal pups (Mirounga leonina) after weaning in Grytviken Harbor, South Georgia, Polar Regions

Northern fur seal (Callorhinus ursinus), Resurrection Bay, Kenai Fjords National Park, Alaska, United States of America, North America

Female southern elephant seal with young male (Mirounga leoninar), on the beach at Salisbury Plain, South Georgia, Polar Regions

Southern elephant seals (Mirounga leoninar), at breeding beach in Gold Harbor, South Georgia, Polar Regions

Adult Antarctic fur seal (Arctocephalus gazella), bull and cow on Prion Island, South Georgia Island, South Atlantic, Polar Regions

View of Cape fur seal (Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus) in Hout Bay Harbour, Hout Bay, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa, Africa

Fur seals, Moltke Harbour, Royal Bay, South Georgia, South Atlantic

Pack Ice Type B killer whales (Orcinus orca), finding a leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx), on an ice floe in Antarctica, Polar Regions

Skull of an adult female leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx), on display at the Natural History Museum in Stanley, Falkland Islands, South America

Adult Antarctic fur seal (Arctocephalus gazella), in Ocean Harbor on South Georgia Island, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

Adult Antarctic fur seal (Arctocephalus gazella), on lichen-covered rocks in Hercules Bay on South Georgia Island, Polar Regions

Adult bull southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina), skull on display at the Natural History Museum in Stanley, Falklands, South America

Northern giant petrel (Macronectes halli) threat display while feeding on elephant seal pup carcass at Stromness, South Georgia, Polar Regions

Beachmaster bull southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) attempting to mate at Peggotty Bluff, South Georgia, Polar Regions

Beachmaster bull southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) attempting to mate at Peggotty Bluff, South Georgia, Polar Regions

Bull southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) issuing a bellowing challenge at Gold Harbour on South Georgia Island, Polar Regions

Adult beachmaster bull southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) holding female down with his weight, South Georgia, Polar Regions

Young adult bull southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) close up while swimming in glacier run off, South Georgia Island, Polar Regions

Young challenger bull southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) fleeing from beachmaster bull, South Georgia Island, Polar Regions

Adult bull southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) mating in the surf at Gold Harbour on South Georgia Island, Polar Regions

Adult bull southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) issuing a bellowing challenge at Gold Harbour on South Georgia, Polar Regions

Adult bull southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) issuing a bellowing challenge at Gold Harbour on South Georgia, Polar Regions

Adult bull southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) issuing a bellow towards another male, Gold Harbour, South Georgia, Polar Regions

Southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) weaner pups mock fighting on the beach at Gold Harbour, South Georgia Island, Polar Regions

Adult bull southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) with females and pups at Gold Harbour on South Georgia Island, Polar Regions

Southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) challenger bull in the surf at Gold Harbour on South Georgia Island, Polar Regions

Southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) bull holding adult female in the surf to mate with her, South Georgia, Polar Regions

Adult bull southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) fleeing from another male challenger at Gold Harbour, South Georgia, Polar Regions

Adult bull southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) stretching amongst king penguins at Gold Harbour, South Georgia, Polar Regions

Southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) bull holding adult female in the surf to mate with her, South Georgia, Polar Regions

Southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) bull holding adult female in the surf to mate with her, South Georgia, Polar Regions

Southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) challenger bull head detail at Gold Harbour on South Georgia Island, Polar Regions

Young southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) bulls mock-fighting among king penguins at Gold Harbour, South Georgia, Polar Regions

Seal pup, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Weddell Seal (Leptonychotes weddellii), hauled out on ice at Half Moon Island, Antarctica, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

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

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

Pair of playful sea lions, Los Islotes, La Paz, Mexico.

Guadalupe fur seals (Arctocephalus townsendi), underwater 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

Northern fur seals (Callorhinus ursinus), Bering Island, Commander Island Group, Kamchatka, Russia, Eurasia

California sea lions (Zalophus californianus), grouped together on a channel marker off Newport Beach, California, United States of America, North America

Young Galapagos sea lion (Zalophus wollebaeki) at play underwater in the Galapagos Island Archipelago, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Ecuador, South America