Photo by jenniferhayesig / A harp seal mother and her pup, called a white coat, relax after nursing in a sea ice "nursery" in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, near Magdalen Island. This image was made during a year of good ice, but their world of ice is shrinking—or not forming at all—as temperatures rise. Pups require a few weeks of stable ice to mature and survive. Now is the season of harp seal pupping in the gulf, when pregnant females seek solid ice on which to give birth. Scientists report there is very little sea ice in 2021—the lowest volume on record since 1969. Stay tuned for harp seal pups' life on thin ice. #HarpSeal #LifeOnThinIce #MoreOcean Learn more jenniferhayesIg.