Field Studies on the Behaviour of Sea-Ducklings

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Author: Driver, P.M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1960
• Subjects: Expeditions; Exploration; Geology; Glaciers; Gravity measurement; Logistics; Magnetic surveys; Measurement; Science; Seismic surveys; Thickness; Topography; Victoria Land; Antarctic regions; Adélie Coast; Rennick Glacier; Oates Coast; Skelton Glacier; Anarctic regions; Antarctic; Belcher; Belcher Islands; Hudson; Hudson Bay; Rennick; Antarc*; Arctic; Somateria mollissima
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/66750

During the summer of 1959 the writer was engaged in studies on the behaviour of sea-ducklings in the Belcher Islands, Hudson Bay. This work is centred on an ethological study of eider ducklings (Somateria mollissima) with comparative observations on ducklings of oldsquaw (Clangula hyemalis) and redb...