Three recent ice entrapments of Arctic cetaceans in West Greenland and the eastern Canadian High Arctic

• Published in: NAMMCO Scientific Publications
• Main Authors: Heide-Jørgensen, MP, Richard, P, Ramsay, M, Akeeagok, S
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Septentrio Academic Publishing 2002
• Subjects: Monodontids; belugas; Delphinapterus leucas; narwhals; Monodon monoceros; ice entrapments; hunting; predation; Arctic; Greenland; Jones Sound; Lancaster Sound; Balaena mysticetus; Beluga*; bowhead whale; Disko Bay; narwhal*; North Atlantic; Ursus maritimus
• Online Access: https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/NAMMCOSP/article/view/2841; https://doi.org/10.7557/3.2841

Three ice entrapments of Monodontids have been reported in the western North Atlantic since 1993. Hunters in Disko Bay, West Greenland, discovered one in March 1994 that included about 150 narwhals (Monodon monoceros). The entrapment occurred during a sudden cold period which caused ice to form rapi...