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Where do ringed seals live?

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A crabeater seal (Lobodon carcinophagus) lies on snow-covered ice with its mouth open, surrounded by broken sea ice in East Antarctica. — seal Crabeater seal (*Lobodon carcinophagus*).

The ringed seal (Pusa hispida) is primarily found in the North Polar seas, where it lives near the pack ice. In addition to these marine environments, the species also inhabits a few freshwater lakes located in Europe and on Baffin Island.1