Status of the Atlantic walrus Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus in the Svalbard area

• Published in: Polar Research
• Main Author: Born, Erik W.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 1984
• Subjects: Svalbard; Kara Sea; Nordaustlandet; Murchisonfjorden; Moffen; Novaja Zemlja; Odobenus rosmarus; Polar Research; walrus*
• Online Access: https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/2533; https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v2i1.6960

Observations of walrus in the Svalbard area in the period 1954-1982 indicate an increase since 1970 in the numbers summering in this area. The numbers of walrus observed show annual fluctuations. With the exception of 1973, when at least 300 animals were observed on one occasion at Kvitbya, the obse...