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Seals

Antarctic fur seals

Antarctic fur seal and friend in Garden Cove

A tagged Antarctic fur seal (Arctocephalus gazella) poses for the camera

Antarctic fur seal mum with newborn pup

Antarctic bull fur seal and weaners

Crabeater seals

Crabeater seals spar on the on ice

Crabeater seals

A young female crabeater seal

Crabeater seal lying on ice with mouth wide

Elephant seals

Elephant seal weaner

Elephant seal cow hugging herself

Male elephant seal roaring on Macquarie Island beach

Elephant seal resting in the kelp yawning while facing camera

Two elephant seal weaner pups playing in a puddle. One of the seals is resting his head on the back of the other in a brown water puddle

Part of the very large elephant seal harem on West Beach. There are several hundred seals in the harem, which extends from the foreground all the way into the distance on the beach. The escarpment is in the distant background

Bull elephant seal lying among other seals with red eyes and proboscis raised.

Two elephant seals with a sunset backdrop

Elephant seal weaner (pup) in a small water hole with the sign

Bull elephant seal showing off his proboscis while roaring in the water

Fighting bull elephant seals

Elephant seals and royal penguins on the beach at Hurd Point

Elephant seals snuggle up against each other. They look as if they are smiling.

Leopard seals

Leopard seal on ice floe

Leopard Seal mouthing a survival pack

Leopard seal at Green Gorge

Leopard Seal at the Shirley Island channel

Ross seals

Ross seal within Casey station vicinity

Ross seals lying on the ice

Sea lions

An unusual sighting of a female hooker's sea lion on Macquarie Island

juvenile Hooker's sea lion (left) and elephant seal

Our 'resident' young Hooker's sea lion is a young sea lion sitting among the vehicle tracks

Hooker's sea lion asleep with elephant seals on Macquarie Island

Weddell seals

Weddell seal near Mawson station

Pregnant Weddell seal

Weddell seal pup

Weddell seal pup within Mawson station vicinity

Weddell seal comes up through the sea ice to take a breath

A Weddell seal resting on the ice

Sleepy Weddell seal

Weddell seal, taking a nap at the end of the West Bay skiway

Young Weddell seal on the sea ice

A young Weddell on the sea ice with an adult Weddell sticks its head out of the water

Weddell seals gather on the ice

A heavily pregnant Weddell seal on the sea ice

Weddell seal pup at Mawson

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This page was last updated on 13 October 2015.

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