Title by cataloguer. A group of seals are seen at the bottom of a cliff near the water. Cataloguer's note: There are 18 seal species in the world. The largest seal, the elephant seal can weigh as much as 5,000 pounds, and the smallest weighs as...
Title by cataloguer. The Fur Seals are warm blooded. Their thick fur coats keep them warm in the Arctic. Once a year, the Fur Seals shed their fur as well as a layer of blubber under the skin. The Seals also have long sensitive whiskers that...
Title by cataloguer. "Pinniped" is the scientific name for the seal family. The fur seal belongs to a particular group called "otariidae", which are pinnipeds with external ears, also called "eared seals". There are thirteen species of...
Title by cataloguer. The Fur Seals live and migrate in groups. Eight months out of the year, they migrated between the Bering Sea and the mid-California coast, but never go on shore.
When they are stationary the Fur Seals live on the...
Title supplied by cataloger. Four seals on shoreline. Men in green uniforms stand around seals. Gas cans on ground nearby. Slide carousel labeled, 'Homesteading #1.' Original format: 35mm color slide
Title by cataloguer. A view of fur seals at the sea. Male Fur Seal is approximately seven feet long and weights about six hundred pounds. The female on average is five feet and weighs about three hundred pounds. A pup weighs ten pounds at...
Title by cataloguer. In the Spring, Fur Seals come to the "rookeries", beaches or Islands where they mate and give birth. The rookeries for the Northern Fur Seal are in the Pribilof and Commanders' Islands. Note: Each seal mates on the exact...
Title by cataloguer. A pod of Fur Seals are seen swimming in the sea. Further ahead in the background, the settlement of the island is in full view with the Russian Orthodox Church prominently visible.
Title taken from caption. Aerial view of hair seals on beach and in water at Port Heiden, Alaska. Also from caption: "Port Heiden, AK." Photograph type: 35 mm color slide. Photographer: Robert Fortuine.
View of men hauling dead seals onto beach after hunt at Kotzebue, Alaska. From verso: "Seal hunting, Kotzebue, AK." 1960's? Photographer: Frank Whaley. Original photograph size: 8" x 10 1/8".
Title taken from label on matting. Ivory figures of walrus, seals, and whale carved at Gambell, Saint Lawrence Island and displayed in Juneau, Alaska. Photographer's number 8311. 1938. Photographer: Ray B. Dame. Original photograph size: 8 1/4" x...
Title supplied by cataloger. Vi sits steering a motorboat across the inlet. Several skinned seals are in the bottom of the boat. Slide printed 8/1964. Original format: 35mm color slide