Adult crabeater seals (Lobodon carcinophaga) hauled out on an ice floe below the Antarctic circle on the western side of the Antarctic Peninsula. This is the most abundant pinniped in the world, with current population estimates ranging from 25 to 50 mill

Adult crabeater seal (Lobodon carcinophaga) hauled out on an ice floe below the Antarctic circle on the western side of the Antarctic Peninsula. This is the most abundant pinniped in the world, with current population estimates ranging from 25 to 50 milli

An adult Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddellii) hauled out on an ice floe in the Weddell Sea near the Antarctic Peninsula.

An adult Leopard Seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) hauled out on Petermann Island on the Southwest side of the Antarctic Peninsula.

An adult Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddellii) hauled out with mouth wide open (notice the cleft in the end of the tongue) on ice on Petermann Island near the Antarctic Peninsula.

An adult Leopard Seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) hauled out with The National Geographic Endeavour at sunset in the Lemaire Channel near the Antarctic Peninsula.

A mother and nursing newborn pup leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) hauled out on ice floes on the western side of the Antarctic peninsula, southern ocean. This is the only pinniped known to have attacked and killed a human snorkeler in Antarctica.

An adult leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) hauled out among the ice floes at Port Arthur in the caldera of Deception Island in the South Shetland Islands near the Antarctic peninsula, southern ocean. The Lindblad expedition ship National Geographic Endeavo

A mother and newborn pup leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) hauled out on ice floes on the western side of the Antarctic peninsula, southern ocean. This is the only pinniped known to have attacked and killed a human snorkeler in Antarctica.

A mother and nursing newborn pup leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) hauled out on ice floes on the western side of the Antarctic peninsula, southern ocean. This is the only pinniped known to have attacked and killed a human snorkeler in Antarctica.

A mother and newborn pup leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) hauled out on ice floes on the western side of the Antarctic peninsula, southern ocean. This is the only pinniped known to have attacked and killed a human snorkeler in Antarctica.

Crabeater Seal (Lobodon Carcinophaga) lying asleep on an ice floe. Danco Island, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica.

Crabeater Seal (Lobodon carcinophaga) Adult hauled out on ice near the Antarctic Peninsula. (rr)