Discovery of Northern Fur Seals (Callorhinus ursinus) Breeding on Bogoslof Island Southeastern Bering Sea

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Lloyd, Denby S., McRoy, C. Peter, Day, Robert H.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1981
• Subjects: Animal behaviour; Animal distribution; Animal food; Seals (Animals); Bering Sea; Bogoslof Island; Alaska; Lone; Arctic; Îles Aléoutiennes; Mer de Béring; Aleutian Islands; Callorhinus ursinus
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65587

A small group of northern fur seals (Callorhinus ursinus) including one male with two females, each with a small pup, and two lone males were discovered on Bogoslof Island, Alaska in the Bering Sea on 20 July 1980. This is the first evidence of breeding on Bogoslof, or on any island in the eastern B...