Ringed seals are circumpolar and range throughout the Arctic Basin and southward into adjacent seas, including the Bering and Labrador Seas. They are also found in the Sea of Okhotsk and Sea of Japan in the western North Pacific and the Baltic Sea in the North Atlantic.

Do ringed seals live on sea ice?

Ringed seals live in the Arctic seas and the North Pacific Ocean, as far south as Japan. They are mainly found in or around ice-covered areas. Sea ice is important to ringed seals, as it provides protection from some of its predators.

Do ringed seals live in Antarctica?

Arctic: Ringed seal. Ringed seals give birth in snow-covered lairs or directly on the sea ice surface. Antarctic: Weddell seal. Weddell seals are able to stay underwater for up to 80 minutes while they look for breathing holes in the sea ice.