Bowhead Whale (Balaena Mysticetus) Length Estimations Based on Scapula Measurements

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Gerlach, Craig, George, John C., Suydam, Robert
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1993
• Subjects: Animal anatomy; Artifacts; Bones; Bowhead whales; Culture (Anthropology); Food; Inuit; Thule culture; Whaling; Alaska; Northern; Alaskan Beaufort Sea; Bering Sea; Chukchi Sea; Arctic; Baleine; la Baleine; Arctique*; Balaena mysticetus; baleine boréale; Beaufort Sea; bowhead whale; Chukchi; inuit
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/64377

This study presents data and a method for reliably predicting bowhead (Balaena mysticetus) length using one length and one width measurement of the scapula. The bowhead scapula preserves well and is common in coastal arctic archaeological sites. The length measurement is taken as the maximum straigh...