A History of Sea Ice in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago Based on Postglacial Remains of the Bowhead Whale (Balaena Mysticetus)

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Dyke, Arthur S., Hooper, James, Savelle, James M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1996
• Subjects: bowhead whale; sea ice; ocean currents; climate change; baleine boréale; glace de mer; courants océaniques; changement climatique; Arctic; Baffin Bay; Baie de Baffin; Baleine; Canadian Arctic Archipelago; la Baleine; Mer de Beaufort; Arctic Archipelago; Arctique*; Baffin; Balaena mysticetus; banquise; Beaufort Sea; Climate change; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/64255

The bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus) is a planktivore of the baleen group of whales adapted to live in the loose edges of the north polar sea ice. Its annual migrations roughly track the advance and retreat of the floe edge. The distribution and radiocarbon ages of bowhead subfossils in the Canadi...