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– Reykjavík, Iceland (August 5) 8 – Dynjandi Waterfall, Iceland ZL, H (August 6) – At sea, Denmark Strait (August 7) – Fridtjof Nansen Halvø, Greenland ZL, ZC, S (August 8) – Nansen Bugt, Greenland ZC, S (August 8) 5 – Balders Fjord ZC, S, H (August 9) – Ship Cruise Skjoldungen Fjord (August 9) 6 – Ship Cruise Prins Christianssund (August 10) – Herjolfsnes, Ikigait, ZL, S, H (August 10) 7 – Narsaq SE, K (August 11) 8 – Nuuk SE (August 12) 9 – Evighed Fjord ZC, H, K (August 13) 10 – Ilulissat SE, S (August 14) 11 – At sea (August 15) 12 – Kangerlussuaq, Sondre Stromfjord (August 16)
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5 7 6 6 ZL = Zodiac Landing ZC = Zodiac Cruise SE = Shore Excursion K = Kayaking S = Submarine H = Helicopter
Exploring the High Arctic Reykjavík, Iceland to Kangerlussuaq, Greenland August 5 – August 16, 2022 Captain Erwan Le Rouzic Discovery Leader Ross Howatson Total Nautical Miles = 2,234 nm
Critter Club – Wildlife Checklist COMMON NAME BIRDS Ducks, Geese, and Swans Pink-footed Goose Greater White fronted Goose Brant Goose Barnacle Goose King Eider Common Eider Mallard Long-tailed Duck Red-breasted Merganser Cormorants Great Cormorant Loons (Divers) Red-throated Loon Common Loon Alcids Little Auk (Dovekie) Common Murre Thick-billed Murre (Brunnich's Guillemot) Razorbill Black Guillemot Atlantic Puffin Tubenoses Northern Fulmar Great Shearwater Sooty Shearwater Skuas and Jaegers Great Skua Pomarine Jaeger (Skua) Parasitic Jaeger (Arctic Skua) Long-tailed Jaeger (Skua) Gulls and Terns Black-legged Kittiwake Ivory Gull Herring Gull Black-headed Gull Iceland Gull Lesser Black-backed Gull Glaucous Gull Great Black-backed Gull Arctic Tern
SCIENTIFIC NAME
Anser brachyrhynchus Anser albifrons Branta bernicla Branta leucopsis Somateria spectabilis Somateria mollissima Anas platyrhyncos Clangula hyemalis Mergus serrator
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Phalacrocorax carbo
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Gavia stellata Gavia immer
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Alle alle Uria aalge Uria lomvia Alca torda Cepphus grylle Fratercula arctica Fulmarus glacialis Ardenna gravis Ardenna grisea
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Stercorarius skua Stercorarius pomarinus Stercorarius parasiticus Stercorarius longicaudus Rissa tridactyla Pagophila eburnea Larus argentatus Chicocephalus ridibundus Larus glaucoides Larus fuscus Larus hyperboreus Larus marinus Sterna paradisaea
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Critter Club – Wildlife Checklist COMMON NAME BIRDS (continued) Shorebirds Common Ringed Plover Common Redshank Whimbrel Ruddy Turnstone Red Knot Sanderling Dunlin Purple Sandpiper Baird's Sandpiper Red-necked Phalarope Red (Grey) Phalarope Gamebirds Rock Ptarmigan Hawks White-tailed Eagle Falcons Gyrfalcon Peregrine Falcon Owls Snowy Owl Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens Common Raven Old World Flycatchers Northern Wheatear Thrushes Redwing Fieldfare Wagtails and Pipits White Wagtail American Pipit Longspurs & Snow Buntings Lapland Longspur Snow Bunting
SCIENTIFIC NAME
Charadrius hiaticula Tringa totanus Numenius phaeopus Arenaria interpres Calidris canutus Calidris alba Calidris alpina Calidris maritima Calidris bairdii Phalaropus lobatus Phalaropus fulicarius
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Lagopus muta Haliaeetus albicilla
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Falco rusticolus Falco peregrinus Bubo scandiacus Corvus corax
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Oenanthe oenanthe
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Turdus iliacus Turdus pilaris Motacilla alba Anthus rubescens Calcarius lapponicus Plectrophenax nivalis
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Critter Club – Wildlife Checklist COMMON NAME MAMMALS Baleen Whales Bowhead Whale Minke Whale Blue Whale Fin Whale Humpback Whale Toothed Whales Sperm Whale Killer Whale (Orca) Northern Bottlenose Whale Seals Bearded Seal Harp Seal Harbour Seal Ringed Seal Land Mammals *Polar Bear Arctic Fox Arctic Hare Additional Amazing Wildlife Sightings Greylag Goose Manx Shearwater Gannet Northern White Beaked Dolphin Long-Finned Pilot Whale Canada Goose Hoary Redpole Common Redpole Skulpin Cod Halibut
SCIENTIFIC NAME
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Balaena mysticetus Balaenoptera acutorostrata Balaenoptera musculus Balaenoptera physalus Megaptera novaeangliae
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Physter macrocephalus Orcinus orca Hyperoodon ampullatus
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Erignathus barbatus Pagophilus groenlandicus Phoca vitulina Pusa hispida
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Ursus maritimus Alopex lagopus Lepus arcticus
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