Ice Seal Tracking Maps Archive

02/50/2019 – 03/70/2019

Requested Tracking Map
During the last 21 days we have received locations for 3 bearded and 5 spotted seals. Two bearded seals are in the Chukchi Sea; B17-01-F (purple square) is near Barrow Canyon, north of Utqiaġvik, and BS18-01-F (green square) is in the central Chukchi Sea. BS17-02-F (red square) is offshore of the mouth of the Yukon River. All five spotted seals are in the Bering Sea. Spotted seal SS18-06-M (yellow circle) moved from offshore of Scammon Bay north to the Bering Strait and then returned to an area offshore of Scammon Bay. Spotted seal SS17-02-M (green circle) is in Anadyr Gulf. Spotted seals SS18-02-M (brown circle) and SS18-07-F (purple circle) are south of St. Lawrence Island. Spotted seal SS18-08-F (pink circle) is south of Nome in Norton Sound. Sea ice data are courtesy of the U.S. National Ice Center, dated 11 March 2019 (http://www.natice.noaa.gov/products/daily_products.html).

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