harp seal

Describes the physical characteristics, behavior, and natural environmert of the baby harp seal.

The author/photographer and his eight-year-old son journey to the ice floes of Eastern Canada to observe the thousands of harp seal pups born there each year.

As summer brings more activity to the Arctic, a harp seal pup encounters danger from both animal and human hunters.

Examines the physical characteristics, behavior, and natural environment of the harp seal.

A baby harp seal is born in the Arctic Ocean with only his vigilant mother to care for him. As he grows, he begins to show a little curiosity about his world and learn of its perils.

Describes the physical characteristics of harp seals and examines where they live and what they eat. Includes color photographs.

Traces a year in the life of a harp seal, from her birth on an ice floe in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, through the spring migration, and back to her home in the Gulf.

Describes in text and photographs the natural history of the harp seal, its physical characteristics, breeding, migratory and behavioral patterns, and natural environment. Also discusses the annual seal hunt in Canada.