Wild Wonders of Europe / Cairns / Walrus (Odobenus rosmarus) on sea ice, Svalbard, Norway, August 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Liodden / Walrus (Odobenus rosmarus) lying on ice, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 2009

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Inuit hunter checking seal net, Bushnan Island, Savissivik, Northwest Greenland, 1998.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Inuit hunter hauling dead seal from breathing hole near Cape York, Northwest Greenland.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Inuit hunters dragging seal across ice near Cape York. Melville Bay, Northwest Greenland, 1998.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Inuit hunter checking seal net, one seal caught already. Bushnan Island, Savissivik, Northwest Greenland, 1998.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Inuit hunter retrieving dead seal from lead. Northwest Greenland, 1980.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Inuit hunter loading dead seal onto sled near Savissivik. Northwest Greenland, 1996.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Inuit hunter checking net set under the ice to catch seals. Northwest Greenland, 1996.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Inuit woman stretching seal skin onto frame to dry. Northwest Greenland, 1980.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Inuit hunter dragging seal shot at breathing hole in the sea ice. Scoresbysund, East Greenland, 1974.

Juergen Freund / Tourists with young Harp seal {Phoca groenlanicus} Madgalen Island, Canadian Arctic

Juergen Freund / Juvenile harp seal moulting (Phoca groenlandicus) Magdalen Is Canada

Juergen Freund / People watch young Harp seal on ice (Phoca groenlandicus) Madgalen Is Canada