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This dataset investigates the adaptive capacity of leopard seals, an enigmatic apex predator, in the rapidly changing Southern Ocean. It combines historical and contemporary data including photographs, census records, life history data, tissue samples, and body morphometrics collected across the Southern Ocean over the last decade. The research aims to quantify dispersal ability, genetic diversity, and phenotypic plasticity to evaluate how the species may respond to polar warming.