Radar Observations of Arctic Bird Migration at the Northwest Passage, Canada

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Gudmundsson, Gudmundur A., Alerstam, Thomas, Green, Martin, Hedenström, Anders
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2002
• Subjects: Arctic birds; bird flight; bird migration; Canadian Arctic; Northwest Passage; Nunavut; orientation; radar; oiseaux arctiques; vol d’oiseaux; vol d’oiseaux migrateurs; Arctique canadien; passage du Nord-Ouest; Arctic; Baffin Island; Canada; Détroit de Davis; Guillaume; Herschel Island; King William Island; Mer de Beaufort; Pacific; Peine; William Island; Amundsen Gulf; Arctique*; Baffin; Banks Island; banquise; Beaufort Sea; Davis Strait; Northeast Passage; Northwest passage; Passage du Nord-Est; Passage du Nord-Ouest; Melville Island; Siberia
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/63745

Bird migration was recorded by tracking radar and visual observation at 23 sites in the region of the Northwest Passage, between Baffin Island and Herschel Island in the Beaufort Sea. The studies took place during a ship-based expedition from 29 June to 3 September 1999. A total of 692 tracks (avera...