From Greenland to Canada in Ten Days: Tracks of Bowhead Whales, Balaena mysticetus, across Baffin Bay

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Heide-Jørgensen, M.P., Laidre, K.L., Wiig, Ø., Jensen, M.V., Dueck, L., Maiers, L.D., Schmidt, H.C., Hobbs, R.C.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2003
• Subjects: bowhead whale; Balaena mysticetus; satellite telemetry; dive behavior; sea ice; Baffin Bay; Canada; Greenland; baleine boréale; télémétrie par satellite; comportement de plongée; glace marine; baie de Baffin; Groenland; Baffin Island; Baie de Baffin; Baleine; Bylot Island; Lancaster Sound; Arctic; Baffin; Disko Bay; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/63658

Five bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus) were instrumented with satellite transmitters in northwestern Disko Bay, West Greenland, in May 2001. Best results were obtained when tags were deployed with a pole rather than a pneumatic gun. At least three of the tagged whales remained in the northwestern...