Seals on ice floes around the Fish Islands offer one of the most iconic sights in the Antarctic Peninsula. These drifting platforms of ice serve as resting spots for several seal species, including Weddell, crabeater, and the elusive leopard seal. The calm waters and rich feeding grounds around the Fish Islands make it an ideal habitat, especially during the austral summer when seals haul out onto the ice to bask in the sun, nurse their pups, or simply rest between hunting dives.