Ice Seal Tracking Maps Archive

During the last ten days we have received locations for 2 ringed seals (solid lines) and 5 bearded seals (dashed lines). Ringed seal RS14-01-M is off shore of Nome and RS15-02-F has moved south of Anadyr Gulf and is along the Russia coast. As for the bearded seals, BS14-02-M and BS15-03-F are still in Norton Sound. BS15-04-F and BS15-07-M are south of the Bering Strait, between Wales and Nome. BS15-08-F is still in Lavrentiya Bay (near Lavrentiya) along the Russian coast. Sea ice data are courtesy of the U.S. National Ice Center, dated 7 December (http://www.natice.noaa.gov).