Possible signs of recovery of the nearly extirpated Spitsbergen bowhead whales: calves observed in east Greenland

Outi M. Tervo; Marie Louis; Mikkel-Holger Strander Sinding; Mads Peter Heide-Jørgensen; Rikke G. Hansen

doi:10.33265/polar.v42.8809

Possible signs of recovery of the nearly extirpated Spitsbergen bowhead whales: calves observed in east Greenland

Outi M. Tervo^*, Marie Louis, Mikkel-Holger Strander Sinding, Mads Peter Heide-Jørgensen, Rikke G. Hansen

^*Corresponding author af dette arbejde

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Abstract

The Spitsbergen population of bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus) was harvested to near extinction during the whaling era. Here, we show possible signs of recovery of the population by reporting observations of two calves in the Scoresby Sund polynya in East Greenland on 2 and 4 May 2022, and it is the first observation of this kind in this area since the early 1900s.

Originalsprog	Engelsk
Artikelnummer	8809
Tidsskrift	Polar Research
Vol/bind	42
Antal sider	4
ISSN	0800-0395
DOI	https://doi.org/10.33265/polar.v42.8809
Status	Udgivet - 2023

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Funding Information:
This study was funded by the Greenland Institute of Natural Resources and the National Environmental Protection Agency, Danish Ministry of Environment, under the programme for cooperation on the environment in the Arctic (Dancea).

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© 2023 O.M. Tervo et al.

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