Ice Seal Tracking Maps Archive

During the last ten days we have received locations from 2 ringed seals (solid line) and 5 bearded seals (dashed lines). Ringed seal, RS15-02-F, is located off the north coast of Russia, near Pevek. The second ringed seal (RS14-01-M), a seal tagged in 2014, is moving south from Barrow along the Alaskan coast. As for the bearded seals, BS15-07-M is still located in Kotzebue Sound and BS15-04-F is west of the Sound between Point Hope and Kotzebue. BS15-03-F is still in Norton Sound. BS15-08-F is along the Russian coast, north of Lorino. Lastly, BS15-02-M is off the north coast of St. Lawrence Island. Sea ice data are courtesy of the U.S. National Ice Center, dated 26 October (http://www.natice.noaa.gov).