Predation of Belugas and Narwhals by Polar Bears in Nearshore Areas of the Canadian High Arctic

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Smith, Thomas G., Sjare, Becky
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1990
• Subjects: beluga; narwhal; polar bear; predation; arctic; béluga; narval; our blanc; prédation; Arctique; Arctic; Cunningham Inlet; Somerset Island; Arctic Archipelago; Arctique*; Beluga; Beluga*; Béluga*; Creswell Bay; narwhal*
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/64651

On 18 August 1988 we found four narwhals and two dead belugas stranded on a low beach at Creswell Bay, Somerset Island. All of the narwhals and two of the belugas had been attacked and partially eaten by polar bears. At Cunningham Inlet, where belugas concentrate in large numbers, we have noted ten...