Jami Tarris / Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) hunting Bearded Seal (Erignathus barbatus) pup, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway

Heike Odermatt / Bearded Seal (Erignathus barbatus) on ice floe, Magdalenefjorden, Svalbard, Norway

Sven Zacek / Bearded seal (Erignathus barbatus) sunbathing on iceberg broken off from glacier. Kongsfjorden fjord, Spitsbergen, Norway. June 2014.

Staffan Widstrand / Bearded seal (Erignathus barbatus) hauled out on ice, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, September.

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

Roy Mangersnes / Bearded seal (Erignathus barbatus) stretching flipper, on an ice floe, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, July.

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Bearded seal on ice {Erignathus barbatus} Svalbard, Norway north coast

Staffan Widstrand / Bearded seal swimming {Erignathus barbatus} Svalbard, Norway

Flip Nicklin / Bearded Seal (Erignathus barbatus) with head stained red from iron-rich soil sediments in which it forages for food, Svalbard, Norway

Tui De Roy / Bearded Seal (Erignathus barbatus) resting on ice floe near Wagon Way Glacier, Magdalenefjorden, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norwegian Arctic

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

Flip Nicklin / Bearded Seal (Erignathus barbatus) male resting on ice floe with head dyed red from the high iron content of ocean mud in which he hunts for shrimp and clams, Svalbard, arctic Norway