Implications of Warm Temperatures and an Unusual Rain Event for the Survival of Ringed Seals on the Coast of Southeastern Baffin Island

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Stirling, Ian, Smith, Thomas G.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2004
• Subjects: ringed seal; Phoca hispida; predation; birth lairs; climate change; polar bear; Ursus maritimus; phoque annelé; prédation; tanières de mise bas; changement climatique; ours polaire; Arctic; Baffin Island; Brevoort Island; Cape Dyer; Détroit de Davis; Dyer; Hall Peninsula; Le Toit; Nunavut; Phoques; Resolution Island; Alopex lagopus; Arctique*; Baffin; Climate change; Davis Strait
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/63543

We recorded an unusually warm period in early April 1979 along the coastline at the end of the Hall Peninsula on southeastern Baffin Island, Nunavut. Maximum temperatures remained at or above freezing for almost a week, and rain fell on our field camp on three consecutive days. In contrast, meteorol...