The Fulmars of Cape Searle

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Author: Wynne-Edwards, V.C.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1952
• Subjects: Fulmars; Searle; Cape; Nunavut; Baffin Island; Cape Searle; Fulmar; Pacific; Arctic; Baffin; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/66951

Contains summary of earlier observations and references to the fulmar colony at Cape Searle (67 13 N, 62 30 W) on the east coast of Baffin Island; a general account of the fulmar, its three geographical races, their characteristics (size of bill, build, coloration) and distribution (one in the North Pacific and two in the North Atlantic). Notes from the author's trip to Cape Searle in Aug. 1950, are given, his observations and estimate of the colony (minimum: upward of 200,000) its composition, etc. Bibliography (13 items).