Harp seals live in the Arctic and North Atlantic Oceans, close to the shores of Greenland, Canada and Russia.
As adults, harp seals live in the ocean. They can dive up to 100 fathoms and remain underwater for up to 15 minutes. Harp Seals do occasionally venture onto ice floes, where they are at there most vulnerable to predators. Baby harp seals spend most of their time on ice floes.
There are three distinct populations of harp seals that are split dependent on where the seals breed, according to Animal Corner. These populations are known as The White Sea, The West Ice and The Northwest Atlantic "Gulf" and "Front" populations.
Located near Newfoudland, Canada, the Northwest Atlantic population of the harp seal is the largest in the world and genetically different to the other two populations, according to Animal Corner.
The harp seal lives its adult life in the ocean, because it is warmer than living on the ice of the Arctic regions in which it is found.
Away from its home around the Arctic Ocean, lone harp seals have been sighted in the waters off the coastlines of France, Nova Scotia and Virginia, according to the American School in Japan.
