A temperature and salinity hydrographic profile climatology is assembled, evaluated for data
quality, and analyzed to assess changes of the Bering and Chukchi Sea continental shelves …

Ringed seals (Phoca hispida Schreber, 1775= Pusa hispida (Schreber, 1775)) and bearded
seals (Erignathus barbatus (Erxleben, 1777)) represent the majority of the polar bear (Ursus …

ABSTRACT The southern Chukchi Sea is one of the most productive areas in the world
ocean. Over the past decade, there have been dramatic changes in this region in sea ice …

The Inupiat of Arctic Alaska identify themselves as the “People of the Whales.” The flesh of
the bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus) is high in vitamins and other components that …

Killer whales (Orcinus orca) are increasing in occurrence and residence time in the eastern
Canadian Arctic (ECA) in part due to a decrease in sea ice associated with global climate …

Concentrations of organochlorine contaminants in the adipose tissue of polar bears (Ursus
maritimus Phipps, 1774) vary throughout the Arctic. The range in concentrations has not …

We delineated and scored Biologically Important Areas (BIAs) in the Arctic region for
bowhead (Balaena mysticetus), gray (Eschrichtius robustus), humpback (Megaptera …

Commercial harvesting of bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus) from the eastern Canada-
West Greenland population started with Basque whalers in the Strait of Belle Isle ca 1530 …

Patterns of genetic variation observed within species reflect evolutionary histories that
include signatures of past demography. Understanding the demographic component of …

An endlessly vast expanse of beautiful ocean and desolate tundra exists in the Arctic region
of North America. It was in the summer of 1984, some 35 years ago, that I visited an Inuit …