Bowhead Whales Along the Chukotka Coast in Autumn

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Moore, Sue E., George, John C., Coyle, Kenneth O., Weingartner, Thomas J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1995
• Subjects: Animal distribution; Animal food; Animal migration; Bowhead whales; Oceanography; Predation; Zooplankton; Bering Sea; Chukchi Sea; Baleine; Cape Schmidt; Cape Vankarem; la Baleine; Mer de Beaufort; Vankarem; Arctic; Balaena mysticetus; baleine boréale; Beaufort Sea; bowhead whale; Chukchi; Chukotka; Mer de Béring; Mer des Tchouktches; Tchouktche*
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/64292

Bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus) were seen in autumn 1992 and 1993 only along the northern coast of Chukotka, Russia, although an extensive area of the Chukchi Sea was searched during ship cruises. Single-day counts for 76 and 50 bowheads were made on 1 October 1992 and 3 October 1993, respective...