Distribution and Migration of the Bowhead Whale, Balaena mysticetus, in the Eastern North American Arctic

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Reeves, Randall, Mitchell, Edward, Mansfield, Arthur, McLaughlin, Michele
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1983
• Subjects: Animal distribution; Animal migration; Animal population; Bowhead whales; History; Whaling; Baffin Bay-Davis Strait; Foxe Basin; Nunavut; Hudson Bay; Lancaster Sound; Arctic; Baffin Bay; Baffin Island; Greenland; Hudson; Baleine; Hudson Strait; la Baleine; Baie d'Hudson; Baie-d'Hudson; Pond Inlet; Cumberland Sound; Fury; Baie de Baffin; Détroit de Davis; Prince Regent Inlet; Resolution Island; Baffin; Balaena mysticetus; baleine boréale; bowhead whale; Davis Strait; Fury and Hecla Strait; Groenland
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65295

Large catches of bowhead whales, Balaena mysticetus, were made in the Eastern Arctic of North America, principally in Davis Strait, Baffin Bay, the Lancaster Sound region, Hudson Bay, and southern Foxe Basin, between 1719 and 1915. Initial stock sizes have been estimated as 11 000 in 1825 for the &q...