With its head stained rust red from foraging in iron-rich sediment, a curious seal eyes our underwater photographer. A bearded seal nuzzles her pup in a moment of tender recognition. A researcher calms an adorable pup as its mother is fitted with a satellite tag. On the shifting Nordic ice, Flip Nicklin follows a small group of researchers as they capture bearded seals and their pups and attach radio transmitters to learn more about this little known species.
