Crabeater seal (Lobodon carcinophaga) hauled out in and around the Antarctic Peninsula.

A lone Adelie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) hauled out on ice floes near Heroina Island in the Weddell Sea. Antarctica.

Adult crabeater seal (Lobodon carcinophaga) hauled out on an ice floe near Petermann Island near the Antarctic Peninsula.

Adult crabeater seals (Lobodon carcinophaga) hauled out on an ice floe near Bertheloth Island, near the Antarctic Peninsula.

Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddellii) skull (note the cusped teeth) on the beach near the Antarctic Peninsula. Weddell seals used to be hunted as food for dog sled teams.

Adelie penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae) hauled out on an iceberg in a snowstorm near Paulet Island, Antarctic Peninsula. Adelie penguins are truly an ice dependant penguin species.

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

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

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.

An adult leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) hauled out and resting among the icebergs in the Ererra Channel near the west Coast of the Antarctic peninsula, southern ocean. This seal is the only pinniped known to have attacked and killed a human being in Ant

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.

Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddellii) hauled out on ice near the Antarctic Peninsula.