Past and Present Distribution of Walruses in Svalbard

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Gjertz, Ian, Wiig, Øystein
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1994
• Subjects: Animal distribution; Animal migration; Animal population; Animal taxonomy; History; Hunting; Walruses; Wildlife management; Svalbard; Svalbard waters; Franz Josef Land; Morse; Svalbard Archipelago; Arctic; Odobenus rosmarus; morse; walrus*
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/64324

Walruses were once very abundant in the Svalbard archipelago. However three and a half centuries of commercial exploitation had caused the walrus to be on the verge of extinction in this region when it finally was totally protected in 1952. Since the mid-1980s walruses have again been commonly seen...