Marine Mammals Inhabiting the Baffin Bay North Water in Winter

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Finley, Kerwin J., Renaud, Wayne E.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1980
• Subjects: Aerial surveys; Animal distribution; Beluga whales; Marine mammals; Narwhals; Pinnipedia; Sea ice; Winter ecology; North Water Polynya; Baffin Bay; Ellesmere Island; Smith Sound; Arctic; Baffin; Beluga; Beluga*; narwhal*; Smith sound; walrus*
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65644

Aerial surveys in March-April 1978 and March 1979 showed that some species of marine mammals overwinter in isolated areas of open water in the North Water in northern Baffin Bay. About 700 walruses and 37 bearded seals were seen, most over deep water (200-500 m) near SE Ellesmere Island in March 197...