Observations of bowhead whales in west Greenland during summer Creative Commons
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David Boertmann,

Janne Fritt-Rasmussen,

Kasper L. Johansen,

Katrine Raundrup,

Josephine Nymand

Polar Research, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 42, P. 1 - 3

Published: Jan. 1, 2023

Bowhead whales (Baleana mysticetus) are usually away from west Greenland waters during summer. Reported here is an observation of at least six bowhead whales in July 2022 in the Uummannaq Fjord system of west Greenland.

An Arctic expedition: a supposedly useful thing I’ll never do again Creative Commons
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Maud van Soest

Polar Research, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 42, P. 1 - 6

Published: Jan. 1, 2023

The aim of the second Scientific Expedition Edgeøya Spitsbergen (SEES), which took place from 13 to 22 July 2022, was to study the consequences of climate warming in the High Arctic, building on ecological data gathered by the Dutch Arctic Station on Edgeøya between 1968 and 1987 and the first SEES expedition in 2015. In this Perspective essay, I ponder the actual purpose of SEES 2022, in which I participated as an early-career research scientist. The research activities were very limited and climate change was named as the restricting factor. Fifty researchers were accompanied by 50 tourists, journalists and policymakers. …