Ice Seal Tracking Maps Archive

During the last 10 days we have received locations for 3 bearded seals, 1 ringed seal, and 9 spotted seals. Two bearded seals, BS16-07-F (dashed yellow line) and BS16-08-M (dashed blue line), are still in Norton Sound. The third bearded seal, BS16-06-M (dashed pale green line), is still west of St. Matthew Island in the central Bering Sea. The ringed seal, RS16-02-M (red line), has moved south of Point Hope into the southern Chukchi Sea. Spotted seals SS16-03-M (pale green line) and SS16-05-M (blue line) are still in the central Chukchi Sea. SS16-06-F (brown line) and SS16-08-M (green line) are along the coastline of Chukotka, Russia. Spotted seals SS16-10-F (red line) and SS16-11-F (purple line) have moved south and are both off shore of Scammon Bay, near where they were tagged on 18 October. The remaining three Spotted seals, SS16-07-M (aqua line), SS16-01-F (orange line), and SS16-09-F (pink line) are in the southern Chukchi Sea. No clear satellite images were available from the NASA Rapid Response Network because of thick cloud cover again. Therefore, sea ice data are courtesy of the U.S. National Ice Center and dated 28 November (http://www.natice.noaa.gov/products/).