Seals of the Pack Ice

Around the seas of the far northern Atlantic coming under the influence of Arctic conditions lives, frequently on the wander, one of the most delightful of creatures, the harp seal or saddleback, Phoca groenlandica . Large communities migrate in the Newfoundland, Labrador, Baffin Land, Greenland sec...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Oryx
Main Author: Lillie, Harry R.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1955
Subjects:
Nature and Landscape Conservation
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Arctic
Newfoundland
Barents Sea
White Sea
Greenland
Jan Mayen
Baffin
bearded seal
Harp Seal
Jan Mayen Island
Phoca groenlandica
ringed seal
Spitzbergen
walrus*
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0030605300038230
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0030605300038230
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Summary:Around the seas of the far northern Atlantic coming under the influence of Arctic conditions lives, frequently on the wander, one of the most delightful of creatures, the harp seal or saddleback, Phoca groenlandica . Large communities migrate in the Newfoundland, Labrador, Baffin Land, Greenland sector; others through the area of Jan Mayen Island towards Spitzbergen. Gregarious for much of the time, they share their world of ice with the occasional bearded seal and ringed seal, walrus, and polar bear. The White Sea in northern European Russia is a great harp seal nursery, for an eastern community in the area of the Barents Sea.

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