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

• Published in: Polar Research
• Main Authors: Young, Brent G., Higdon, Jeff W., Ferguson, Steven H.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 2011
• Subjects: Abundance; Baffin Island; Canada; distribution; High Arctic; Hudson Bay; photographs; Arctic; Nunavut; Hudson; Rankin Inlet; Baffin; Churchill; Killer Whale; Newfoundland; Orca; Orcinus orca; Polar Research; Killer whale
• Online Access: https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/3040; https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v30i0.7203

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 42 from th...