ナショナルジオグラフィックのインスタグラム(natgeo) - 3月5日 01時10分

Photograph taken by @paulnicklen while on a @sea_legacy scouting expedition with @Cristina Mittermeier for a story on the effects of climate change on all polar species. On a good ice year like this year, there is a very high survival rate of harp seal pups. On a bad ice year like in 2011, as many as 70% of the baby harp seals do not survive by being forced into the water before they are ready as the ice melts out from under them. As we go forward and experience even worse ice years, pup survival rates can be as low as zero. This also has devastating effects on most polar species.
Here, a mother Harp Seal with whiskers covered in ice on a very cold day near Les Isles de Madeleine, Quebec is about to dive through her ice hole that she maintains by using her claws and teeth. She has just finished nursing her pup and is about to head back into the 30F (-1.5C) water where it is much warmer than the -30F air temperature when factoring in the windchill. Please follow me on @paulnicklen as I begin posting my next series of favorite polar wildlife species. The first in the series was Narwhals and now I am going to be showing my favorite moments with pinnipeds ( seals, sea lions and walruses). @elplanetaphoto #seals #gratitude #nature #wildlife @natgeocreative @thephotosociety

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