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Picture of a whitecoat harp seal resting on ice under a colorful twilight sky in Canada's Gulf of St. Lawrence

Whitecoat Harp Seal

"A young harp seal, called a ""whitecoat,"" rests under a colorful twilight sky in Canada's Gulf of St. Lawrence. Harp seals were the cover story of the March 2004 issue, which examined the tension and controversy surrounding seal hunting policies in Canada."
Photograph by Brian Skerry, Nat Geo Image Collection