An Early Holocene Bowhead Whale (Balaena Mysticetus) in Nansen Sound, Canadian Arctic Archipelago

At about 10,000 B.P. northern Axel Heiberg and Ellesmere islands underwent a climatic amelioration that caused the demise of the last glaciation. Generally, by 8,000 B.P. accelerated retreat left extensive coastal areas ice free. The occurrence of an early Holocene (7475±220 B.P.) bowhead whale (Bal...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:ARCTIC
Main Author: Bednarski, Jan
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1990
Subjects:
bowhead whale
early Holocene
Nansen Sound
Canadian High Arctic
Baleine boréale
Holocène inférieur
Arctique canadien septentrional
Arctic
Baleine
Canadian Arctic Archipelago
Heiberg
Arctic Archipelago
Arctique*
Balaena mysticetus
baleine boréale
Online Access:https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/64644
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Summary:At about 10,000 B.P. northern Axel Heiberg and Ellesmere islands underwent a climatic amelioration that caused the demise of the last glaciation. Generally, by 8,000 B.P. accelerated retreat left extensive coastal areas ice free. The occurrence of an early Holocene (7475±220 B.P.) bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus L.) skeleton several hundred kilometres north of its present range concurs with other biological and glaciological evidence to indicate that the early Holocene climate in the High Arctic was less severe than at present.

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