The best time to see Harp Seal Pupping in 2027 is Late February to mid-March 2027.
Timing status: Forecast window.
Whitecoat season · Late February to mid-March 2027
Annual · pack-ice nursery
Newborn harp seals in fluffy white coats blanket the spring pack ice, if the ice holds.
Each spring, harp seals haul out on the drifting pack ice of the Gulf of St. Lawrence to give birth. The wide-eyed whitecoat pups are one of the natural world's most striking sights, though the spectacle now hinges on how much sea ice forms.
a pup nurses before it's on its own: 12 days
Where it is visible: Gulf of St. Lawrence, Canada
Access is weather- and ice-dependent, usually by helicopter from Îles de la Madeleine.
Harp Seal Pupping 2027: Late February to mid-March 2027.
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