979-1115 - Adult Hawaiian Monk Seal (Monachus schauinslandi) resting in a tidepool on the fringing reef at Midway atoll in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. Pacific Ocean.
979-1166 - An adult Leopard Seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) hauled out with The National Geographic Endeavour at sunset in the Lemaire Channel near the Antarctic Peninsula.
979-9427 - Lindblad Expeditions staff member Lisa Trotter next to a HUGE adult male leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) hauled out on the beach at Salisbury Plains in the Bay of Isles, Southern Ocean
979-9279 - Pregnant female southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) giving birth on the beach near the abandoned whaling station at Stromness Bay on South Georgia Island in the Southern Ocean
979-7422 - Adult female leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) stalking, then killing and eating an adult gentoo penguin in Paradise Bay, Antarctica, Southern Ocean
979-7421 - Adult female leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) stalking, then killing and eating an adult gentoo penguin in Paradise Bay, Antarctica, Southern Ocean
979-9299 - Young adult bull southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) holding a young pup's head underwater on South Georgia Island in the Southern Ocean
979-9283 - Pregnant female southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) giving birth on the beach near the abandoned whaling station at Stromness Bay on South Georgia Island in the Southern Ocean
979-7427 - Adult female leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) stalking, then killing and eating an adult gentoo penguin in Paradise Bay, Antarctica, Southern Ocean
979-6791 - Harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) hauled out and resting on the beach at low tide in Crab Bay on Chichagof Island, Southeast Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean
979-7419 - Adult female leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) stalking, then killing and eating an adult gentoo penguin in Paradise Bay, Antarctica, Southern Ocean
979-7426 - Adult female leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) stalking, then killing and eating an adult gentoo penguin in Paradise Bay, Antarctica, Southern Ocean
979-3915 - A large, curious, female leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) inspects the Zodiac near Booth Island on the western side of the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica
979-7436 - Adult female leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) stalking, then killing and eating an adult gentoo penguin in Paradise Bay, Antarctica, Southern Ocean
979-7437 - Adult female leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) stalking, then killing and eating an adult gentoo penguin in Paradise Bay, Antarctica, Southern Ocean
979-9138 - Adult leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) Catching, flailing, and eating a chinstrap penguin at Point Wild on Elephant Island, South Shetland Islands, Southern Ocean
979-9263 - Adult female leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) hauled out on ice floe in Kayak Cove on Brabant Island near the Antarctic Peninsula, Southern Ocean
979-7431 - Adult female leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) stalking, then killing and eating an adult gentoo penguin in Paradise Bay, Antarctica, Southern Ocean
979-6792 - Harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) hauled out and resting on the beach at low tide in Crab Bay on Chichagof Island, Southeast Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean
979-1171 - A curious adult Leopard Seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) approaching the boat in clear water near Petermann Island on the Southwest Antarctic Peninsula.
979-2071 - Two harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) reesting on ice calved from the Sawyer Glacier, a tidewater glacier at the end of Tracy Arm in Southeast Alaska, USA.
979-4016 - Divers Lisa Trotter and Robert Alexander enter the water with a large, curious, female leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) near Booth Island on the western side of the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica
979-7425 - Adult female leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) stalking, then killing and eating an adult gentoo penguin in Paradise Bay, Antarctica, Southern Ocean
979-1148 - An adult Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddellii) hauled out with mouth wide open (notice the cleft in the end of the tongue) on ice on Petermann Island near the Antarctic Peninsula.
979-7438 - Adult female leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) stalking, then killing and eating an adult gentoo penguin in Paradise Bay, Antarctica, Southern Ocean