Aerial survey of walrus haul-out sites in west Spitsbergen and Moffen

• Published in: Polar Record
• Main Authors: Cruwys, E., Weinstein, Dan
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1993
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Ecology; Geography, Planning and Development; Svalbard; Moffen; Odobenus rosmarus; Polar Record; Spitsbergen; walrus*
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400023214; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247400023214

ABSTRACT In July 1992 two aerial surveys were conducted to assess the size of the walrus ( Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus ) population at haul-out sites reported on the northwest coast of Spitsbergen and on Moffen. Walrus have been extensively hunted in Svalbard during the past 350 years, and in 1952 co...