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A leopard seal patrols the rocks, waiting for penguin chicks to head to sea. Leopard seals are the second largest species of seal in the Antarctic. Their reputa...
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Leopard seals are the second largest species of seal in the Antarctic. Their reputation for ferocity grew in 2003, when a leopard seal attacked and killed a Bri...
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Partially eaten prey drops to the bottom of the ocean. Leopard seals are the second largest species of seal in the Antarctic. Their reputation for ferocity grew...
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A leopard seal uses its sharp molars to cut through penguin flesh. Leopard seals are the second largest species of seal in the Antarctic. Their reputation for f...
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A seal attempts to rip off a bite-sized piece of meat by whipping the penguin from side to side. Leopard seals are the second largest species of seal in the Ant...
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A female leopard seal places a penguin on top of the photographer's camera. Over several days she grew agitated as he could not accept her offerings. Leopard se...
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Leopard seals are the second largest species of seal in the Antarctic. Their reputation for ferocity grew in 2003, when a leopard seal attacked and killed a Bri...
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Penguins will sometimes make long detours on foot if they are aware of leopard seals in the water. Once one enters the sea, others follow en masse, as a seal wi...
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A juvenile gentoo penguin takes a look under water before going into the sea. Penguins are a favored element of the leopard seal diet. Leopard seals are the sec...
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Leopard seals are the second largest species of seal in the Antarctic. Their reputation for ferocity grew in 2003, when a leopard seal attacked and killed a Bri...
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After several threat displays, a four-meter-long female leopard seal relaxed with the photographer and began to bring him offerings of penguins. Leopard seals a...
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Leopard seals are the second largest species of seal in the Antarctic. Their reputation for ferocity grew in 2003, when a leopard seal attacked and killed a Bri...
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A small Atlantic salmon caught in a river subjected to a unique scientific procedure known as bone dying. Using chemicals, the flesh is made clear and the bones...
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A kittiwake glides over an iceberg. Fragments of glaciers, ice shelves and icebergs are floating oases for birds, seals and other wildlife. Ice is the very esse...
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A polar bear's tracks cross melting snow. Sea ice - frozen seawater that moves with the ocean currents - provides an important habitat and resting place for ani...
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A seal freshly shot by an Inuit hunter bleeds on the sea ice. The seal is still alive, so the hunter has pulled it away from its breathing hole so that it canno...
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Channels of melt-water funnel into a seal's breathing hole. In recent years, satellite pictures have shown a dramatic reduction in Arctic ice cover. In 2007, s...
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Millions of amphipods swarm under the Arctic sea pack, where they feed on phytoplankton and other micro-organisms. The ice plays a key role in their life cycle,...
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A bowhead whale cruises the ice edge. With life-spans of up to 200 years, bowheads are among the largest and longest-living animals on earth. They feed on minut...
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Aware of the presence of polar bears, a ringed seal scans the horizon before catching a breath. (Bears grab seals from such ice holes.) Ice is the very essence ...