Danny Green / Ringed seal (Pusa hispida) and pup resting on ice. Svalbard, Norway. April.

Danny Green / Ringed seal (Pusa hispida) resting on ice, reflected in water. Svalbard, Norway. July.

Steven Kazlowski / Aerial view of Ringed seals (Phoca hispida) on multi-layer ice (freshwater pans formed over many years where salt is squeezed out of the ice) with exit hole underneath ocean, Chukchi Sea, 20 miles off...

Steven Kazlowski / Inupiaq subsistence hunter dragging Ringed seal (Phoca hispida) catch on the pack ice near Point Hope, Alaska, Chukchi Sea, March 2008

Steven Kazlowski / Inupiaq subsistence hunter looking for Ringed seals (Phoca hispida) on pack ice near Point Hope, Alaska, Chukchi Sea, March 2008

Steven Kazlowski / Inupiaq subsistence hunter resting after dragging Ringed seal (Phoca hispida) catch on the pack ice near Point Hope, Alaska, Chukchi Sea, March 2008

Mats Forsberg / Ringed seal pup suckling {Phoca hispida} Svalbard, Norway

Doug Allan / Portrait of Ringed seal {Phoca hispida} Lancaster Sound, Canada

Doug Allan / Ringed seal at surface hole in ice {Phoca hispida} Lancaster Sound, Canadian Arctic

Tui De Roy / Ringed Seal (Phoca hispida) surfacing in brash ice, Svalbard Archipelago, Norwegian Arctic

Tui De Roy / Ringed Seal (Phoca hispida) surfacing in brash ice, Svalbard, Norwegian Arctic

Flip Nicklin / Ringed Seal (Phoca hispida) at breathing hole, Arctic