Tony Wu / Bearded seal (Erignathus barbatus) resting on ice in Svalbard, Norway, June

Andrew Murray / Bearded seal (Erignathus barbatus) hauled out on ice floe, Svalbard, Norway. July.

Theo Allofs / Bearded Seal (Erignathus barbatus) on ice floe, Svalbard, Norway

Theo Allofs / Bearded Seal (Erignathus barbatus) on ice floe, Svalbard, Norway

Ingo Arndt / Bearded Seal (Erignathus barbatus) on ice floe, Svalbard, Spitsbergen, Norway

Heike Odermatt / Bearded Seal (Erignathus barbatus), Svalbard, Norway

Heike Odermatt / Bearded Seal (Erignathus barbatus)with open ear hole, Svalbard, Norway

Staffan Widstrand / Bearded seal (Erignathus barbatus) Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, September.

Ole Jorgen Liodden / Bearded seal (Erignathus barbatus) hauled out, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June.

Ole Jorgen Liodden / Bearded seal (Erignathus barbatus) portrait on glacier ice, Kongsfjorden. Spitsbergen, Svalbard

Ole Jorgen Liodden / Bearded seal (Erignathus barbatus) hauled out on ice, Svalbard, Norway, August.

Roy Mangersnes / Bearded seal (Erignathus barbatus) hauled out on ice floe, Kongsfjorden, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June.