Greenland
1 – Longyearbyen, Norway (July 23) 2 – Krossfjorden SC (July 24 AM) 3 – Signehamna L, K (July 24 PM) 4 – Crozierpynten L, K (July 25) 5 – Murchisonfjorden ZC, K (July 25) 6 – Ytre Norskøya ZC, K (July 26) 7 – Smeerenburg L (July 26) 8 – Vikingbukt, Greenland ZC, H (July 29 PM) 9 – Ittoqqortoomiit L, K (July 30) 10 – Røde Ø ZC, L, H, SM (July 31) 11 – Bjørne Islands ZC, K, H, SM (August 1 AM) 12 – Ingmikertikajik L, K, SM (August 1 PM) 13 – Gåsefjord ZC, K (August 2 PM) 14 – Isafjorður, Iceland SE (August 4 AM) 15 – Reykjavík (August 5)
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14 15 SE = Shore Excursion ZC = Zodiac Cruise K = Kayaking L = Landing SC = Ship Cruise H = Helicopter SM = Submarine
Arctic Islands – Svalbard, Greenland & Iceland Longyearbyen to Reykjavík July 23 – August 5, 2022 Captain Erwan Le Rouzic Discovery Leader Ross Howatson Total Nautical Miles = 2,234 nm Northernmost Latitude Reached = 80°07.060’ N, 013°02.90’ E
Critter Club – Wildlife Checklist COMMON NAME BIRDS Ducks, Geese, and Swans Pink-footed Goose Brant Goose Barnacle Goose King Eider Common Eider Long-tailed Duck Loons (Divers) Red-throated Loon (Red-throated Diver) Alcids Little Auk (Dovekie) Common Murre Thick-billed Murre (Brunnich's Guillemot) Razorbill Black Guillemot Atlantic Puffin Tubenoses Northern Fulmar Skuas and Jaegers Great Skua Pomarine Jaeger (Skua) Parasitic Jaeger (Arctic Skua) Long-tailed Jaeger (Skua) Gulls and Terns Black-legged Kittiwake Ivory Gull Sabine's Gull Iceland Gull Glaucous Gull Great Black-backed Gull Arctic Tern Shorebirds Common Ringed Plover Ruddy Turnstone Sanderling Dunlin Purple Sandpiper Red-necked Phalarope Red (Grey) Phalarope Gamebirds Rock Ptarmigan Longspurs & Snow Buntings Snow Bunting
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Anser brachyrhynchus Branta bernicla Branta leucopsis Somateria spectabilis Somateria mollissima Clangula hyemalis
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Critter Club – Wildlife Checklist COMMON NAME MAMMALS Baleen Whales Bowhead Whale Minke Whale Blue Whale Humpback Whale Fin Whale Toothed Whales Beluga Killer Whale (Orca) Northern Bottlenose Whale Seals Bearded Seal Harp Seal Harbour Seal Ringed Seal Atlantic Walrus Land Mammals *Polar Bear Svalbard Reindeer Arctic Fox Additional Amazing Wildlife Sightings White-Beaked Dolphins Common Raven Greenland Dog Northern Wheatear Musk Ox Arctic Hare Sperm Whale Greylag Goose Black-headed Gull Sand Eel Red-breasted Merganser White Wagtail Grey Seal
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Lagernorhynchus albirostris Corvus corax Canus lupus familiaris Oenanthe oenanthe Ovibos moschatus Lepus timidus Physter macrocephalus Anser anser Chicocephalus ridibundus Ammodytes tobianus Mergus serrator Motacilla alba Foca Gris
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