Killer whale (Orcinus orca) photo-identification in the eastern Canadian Arctic

• Published in: Polar Research
• Main Authors: Brent G. Young, Jeff W. Higdon, Steven H. Ferguson
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 2011
• Subjects: Abundance; Baffin Island; Canada; distribution; High Arctic; Hudson Bay; photographs; Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Oceanography; GC1-1581; Arctic; Nunavut; Hudson; Rankin Inlet; Baffin; Churchill; Killer Whale; Newfoundland; Orca; Orcinus orca; Polar Research; Killer whale
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v30i0.7203; https://doaj.org/article/24a271551c924432b2c0762381263b89

We identified individual killer whales (Orcinus orca) using recent (2004–09) photographs to obtain a minimum count of whales that use eastern Canadian Arctic waters. Fifty-three individuals were identified from nine different sightings; 11 individuals from western Hudson Bay sightings and...