Ice Seal Tracking Maps Archive

From 19 March to 1 April we received locations for 2 bearded and 6 spotted seals. Both bearded seals were in the Chukchi Sea; B17-01-F (purple square) was offshore of Utqiaġvik and BS18-01-F (green square) was in the central Chukchi Sea. One spotted seal was in the Chukchi Sea; SS18-03-F (aqua circle) was near Icy Cape along the Alaskan coast. Five spotted seals were in the Bering Sea. Spotted seal SS18-06-M (yellow circle) moved through northern Bristol Bay. Spotted seal SS18-08-F (pink circle) was near Hooper Bay. Spotted seals SS17-02-M (green circle) and SS18-07-F (purple circle) were near St. Lawrence Island and SS18-02-M (brown circle) was in the central Bering Sea. Sea ice data are courtesy of the U.S. National Ice Center, dated 1 April 2019 (http://www.natice.noaa.gov/products/daily_products.html).