A Harp Seal mother surfaces from a breathing hole in the ice to check on her young pup, shimmying around and surprising a photographer.
Because of her facemask, the photographer doesn't see that the pup's mother is so close. When she finally sees the Harp Seal sow, the photographer scuttles out of the frame, startling the sow into a defensive display.
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