Among marine mammals, five species of proper seals inhabit the Antarctic - the elephant seal (Mirounga leonina), Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddelli), crabeater seal (Lobodon carcinophagus), Ross seal (Ommatophoca rossi), leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) and one representative of the family Otariidae - the fur seal (Arctocephalus gazella)

Heh, I was poking around the web today looking at Antarctica pics, and found this website, "Gdynia Aquarium" that's using some of my own photos from my 1999 expedition! I had to look it up to figure out where "Gdynia" is (Poland). I'm kind of flattered -- plus it's nice that they gave me credit on the pictures, and a link back to my site. They used two of my seal pics, one lichen, and one of a chinstrap penguin (hover over the pics to see the photo credits).

Elonka :)