Canada’s most northerly postglacial bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus): Holocene sea-ice conditions and polynya development

• Main Authors: Arthur S. Dyke, John England
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2003
• Subjects: Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Baffin Bay; Baleine; Canada; Canadian Arctic Archipelago; Eureka; Eureka Sound; la Baleine; Norwegian Bay; Arctic Archipelago; Baffin; Balaena mysticetus; baleine boréale; bowhead whale; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.555.5727; http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic56-1-14.pdf

ABSTRACT. Rare remains of postglacial bowhead whales occur in the Norwegian Bay–Eureka Sound region. These are the northernmost remains known from the Canadian Arctic. The region is beyond the bowhead’s current range because of persistent summer sea ice. We argue that the region has been beyond the...