Well....I got to about the 4th mountain or so when I realized..."Hey, YOU CAN'T CLUB SEALS ANYMORE!"
Good thing that animal right activism had some influence between 1984 and 2002, otherwise those Ice Climbers would still be up to their naughty, seal-clubbing antics.....
By the way, I'm not kidding. The little blue seals aren't in the game anymore. ^_^