Jordi Chias / Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddellii) hauled out on ice, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica.

Jordi Chias / Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddellii), Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica.

Jordi Chias / Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddellii), Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica.

Jordi Chias / Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddellii), Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica.

Stefan Christmann / Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddellii) female hauled out with pup, Atka Bay, Queen Maud Land, Antarctica. October.

Brent Stephenson / Weddell Seal (Leptonychotes weddellii) with wet fur after hauling onto a beach. Neko Harbour, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, December.

Doug Allan / Killer Whales (Orcinus orca) spy-hopping to observe Weddell Seal (Leptonychotes weddellii) in preparation to knock it from the ice by creating a wave. Marguerite Bay, Antarctic Peninsula, summer. Free...

Doug Allan / Killer Whales (Orcinus orca) create bow wave to knock Weddell Seal (Leptonychotes weddellii) from the ice; a co-operative hunting strategy. Marguerite Bay, Antarctic Peninsula, summer. Freeze Frame bo...

Doug Allan / Killer Whales (Orcinus orca) approaching Weddell Seal (Leptonychotes weddellii) in preparation to knock it from the ice by creating a wave. Marguerite Bay, Antarctic Peninsula, summer. Freeze Frame bo...

Kathryn Jeffs / Southern Type B Killer whales (Orcinus orca) hunting Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddelli) spyhopping to assess where seal is on ice floe and to intimidate, Antarctica. Taken on location for BBC Froz...

Kathryn Jeffs / Southern Type B Killer whales (Orcinus orca) hunting Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddelli) using coordinated wave washing technique, Antarctica. Taken on location for BBC Frozen Planet series, Januar...

Kathryn Jeffs / Southern Type B Killer whale (Orcinus orca) hunting Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddelli) spyhopping to assess where seal is on ice, whilst Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) surfaces nearby, Ant...