Canada's Most Northerly Postglacial Bowhead Whales (Balaena mysticetus) : Holocene Sea-ice Conditions and Polynya Development

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Dyke, Arthur S., England, John
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2003
• Subjects: Holocene bowhead whale; Arctic Ocean; sea-ice paleoclimate; Canadian Arctic Archipelago; baleine boréale de l’holocène; océan Arctique; paléoclimat de la glace marine; archipel Arctique; Arctic; Baffin Bay; Baie de Baffin; Baleine; Canada; Eureka; Eureka Sound; la Baleine; Norwegian Bay; archipel arctique; Arctic Archipelago; Arctique*; Baffin; Balaena mysticetus; baleine boréale; bowhead whale; Océan Arctique; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/63657

Rare remains of postglacial bowhead whales occur in the Norwegian Bay-Eureka Sound region. These are the northernmost remains known from the Canadian Arctic. The region is beyond the bowhead's current range because of persistent summer sea ice. We argue that the region has been beyond the bowhe...