Summer Records of Bowhead Whales in the Northeastern Chukchi Sea

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Author: Moore, Sue E.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1992
• Subjects: Animal distribution; Animal migration; Animal population; Bowhead whales; Beaufort Sea; Chukchi Sea; Baleine; la Baleine; Arctic; Balaena mysticetus; baleine boréale; bowhead whale; Chukchi; Mer des Tchouktches; Tchouktche*
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/64474

The collation of 26 summer sighting records over years 1975-77, 1984 and 1987-91 suggest that bowhead whales may occupy the northeastern Chukchi Sea in late summer more regularly than commonly believed.Key words: bowhead whale, Balaena mysticetus, Chukchi Sea, outer continental shelf RÉSUMÉ. L'...