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

• 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

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...