First Confirmed Record of Grey Seals in Greenland

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Rosing-Asvid, Aqqalu, Teilmann, Jonas, Dietz, Rune, Olsen, Morten Tange
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2010
• Subjects: grey (gray) seal; Halichoerus grypus; distribution; species range; northward expansion; climate change; phoque gris; répartition; parcours de l’espèce; expansion vers le nord; changement climatique; Greenland; Phoques; Arctic; Groenland; harbour seal; inuit; inuits
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/66387

The presence of grey seals has never before been confirmed in Greenland, but on 30 August 2009 a grey seal was photographed near shore in Southeast Greenland (59˚53′ N, 43˚28′ W). The seal was observed within a small group of islands that hosts a harbour seal colony. The following day, a seal that m...