Ice Seal Tracking Maps Archive

During the last 21 days we have received locations for 2 ringed seals (solid lines) and 5 bearded seals (dashed lines). Ringed seal RS14-01-M is in Norton Sound and RS15-02-F is between Beringovsky and Cape Olyutorskiy along the Russian coast. As for the bearded seals, BS14-02-M and BS15-07-M are in Norton Sound. BS15-04-F is in the central Bering Sea and BS15-03-F is south of Hooper Bay in the Bering Sea. BS15-08-F is in Lavrentiya Bay (near Lavrentiya) along the Russian coast. Sea ice data are courtesy of the U.S. National Ice Center, dated 28 December (http://www.natice.noaa.gov).