Bowhead whales along the Chukotka coast in autumn

• Main Authors: Sue E. Moore, John C. George, Kenneth O. Coyle, Thomas J. Weingartner
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1995
• Subjects: Key words; bowhead whale; Balaena mysticetus; migration; Chukchi Sea; Bering Sea; Chukotka; Thysanoessa rachii; satellite; Cape Schmidt; Cape Vankarem; Vankarem; Arctic; Beaufort Sea; Chukchi
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.537.3808; http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic48-2-155.pdf

ABSTRACT. Bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus) were seen in autumn 1992 and 1993 only along the northern coast of Chukotka, Russia, although an extensive area of the Chukchi Sea was searched during ship cruises. Single-day counts of 76 and 50 bowheads were made on 1 October 1992 and 3 October 1993, r...