Doug Allan / Bearded seal in melting pack ice {Erignathus barbatus} May Kongsfjord, Svalbard, Norway

Doug Allan / Bearded seal in melting pack ice {Erignathus barbatus} May Kongsfjord, Svalbard, Norway

Doug Allan / Bearded seal in melting pack ice {Erignathus barbatus} May Kongsfjord, Svalbard, Norway

Doug Allan / Bearded seal hauled out on on ice floe {Erignathus barbatus} Svalbard, Norway

Todd Mintz / Bearded Seal (Erignathus barbatus), Grise Fiord, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canadian Arctic

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Nose of sleeping Bearded seal (Erignathus barbatus) on surface. Polaria Aquarium, Tromso, Norway.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Trainer checking claws of captive Bearded seal (Erignathus barbatus) at the Polaria Aquarium. Tromso, Norway.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Trainer with captive Bearded seal (Erignathus barbatus) at the Polaria Aquarium. Tromso, Norway.

Konrad Wothe / Bearded Seal (Erignathus barbatus) on ice floe, Spitsbergen, Norway

Flip Nicklin / Bearded Seal (Erignathus barbatus) diving off of ice floe, Norway

Flip Nicklin / Bearded Seal (Erignathus barbatus) resting on ice floe, Svalbard, Norway

Flip Nicklin / Bearded Seal (Erignathus barbatus) researchers search for seals, Svalbard, Norway

Flip Nicklin / Bearded Seal (Erignathus barbatus) researchers peparing to search for seals, Svalbard, Norway

Flip Nicklin / Bearded Seal (Erignathus barbatus) pup on ice floe, Norway

Flip Nicklin / Bearded Seal (Erignathus barbatus) researchers chasing seal, Norway

Flip Nicklin / Bearded Seal (Erignathus barbatus) pup comforted by researcher, Svalbard, Norway

Flip Nicklin / Bearded Seal (Erignathus barbatus) pup comforted while mother is weighed and tagged, Svalbard, Norway

Flip Nicklin / Bearded Seal (Erignathus barbatus) researcher taking milk sample from captured female, Svalbard, Norway

Flip Nicklin / Bearded Seal (Erignathus barbatus) pup captured by researchers for tagging, Svalbard, Norway

Flip Nicklin / Bearded Seal (Erignathus barbatus) captive pup shown to mother by researchers, Svalbard, Norway

Flip Nicklin / Bearded Seal (Erignathus barbatus) researcher Kit Novaks watching for individuals, Svalbard, Norway

Flip Nicklin / Bearded Seal (Erignathus barbatus) underwater, Norway

Flip Nicklin / Bearded Seal (Erignathus barbatus) researchers lower pup back into water, Norway

Tui De Roy / Bearded Seal (Erignathus barbatus) resting on ice floe, Kongsfjorden, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norwegian Arctic

Flip Nicklin / Bearded Seal (Erignathus barbatus) pup sucks on researcher's finger for comfort, Norway

Flip Nicklin / Bearded Seal (Erignathus barbatus) researchers attempting to capture pup, Norway

Flip Nicklin / Bearded Seal (Erignathus barbatus) researchers attempting to capture pup, Norway

Flip Nicklin / Bearded Seal (Erignathus barbatus) underwater, Norway