Photographic Reidentification of a Bowhead Whale in Davis Strait

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Heide-Jørgensen, M.P., Finley, K.J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1991
• Subjects: Aerial photography; Animal distribution; Animal migration; Animal population; Animal taxonomy; Bowhead whales; Photography; Isabella Bay; Nunavut; Baffin Bay; Baffin Island; Baie de Baffin; Détroit de Davis; Greenland; Arctic; Baffin; Balaena mysticetus; bowhead whale; Davis Strait
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/64600

An adult bowhead whale photographed at Isabella Bay, Baffin Island, on 28 September 1986 was reidentified from a photograph taken off West Greenland on 10 April 1990. The "recapture" distance was about 460 km across Davis Strait. The recapture is consistent with historical knowledge of the...