Unlocking the Northwest Passage Kangerlussuaq , Greenland to Nome, Alaska August 16 September 05, 2022 Captain Erwan Le Rouzic Discovery Leader Daniel Johnston Total Nautical Miles = 4,210 nm Northernmost Latitude Reached = 74 °52,7N / 090 °47,06W 12 1 – Kangerlussuaq Sondre Stromfjord (August 16) 2 Sisimut, Greenland (August 17) 3 Ilulissat, Greenland (August 18) ~ At sea (August 19) 4 – Pond Inlet, Nunavut, Canada (August 20) 5 Dundas Harbour, Croker Bay, Nunavut (August 21) 6 Beechey Island, Radstock Bay, Nunavut (August 22) 7 Prince Leopold Island, Nunavut (August 23) 8 Fort Ross, Bellot Strait, Nunavut (August 24) 9 – Coningham Bay, Nunavut (August 25) 10 – Gjoa Haven, Nunavut (August 26) 11 – Victoria Strait, Nunavut (August 27) 12 Johansen Bay, Nunavut (August 28) 13 Ulukhaktok North West Terrorities, Canada (August 29) ~ At sea (August 30 - September 03) 14 – Little Diomede, Alaska (September 04) 15 Nome, Alaska (September 05) 3 4 5 7 81091112 ZL = Zodiac Landing ZC = Zodiac Cruise SE = Shore Excursion K = Kayaking S = Submarine H = Helicopter 6 Greenland Canada Alaska 5 6 81314 15
BIRDS
Ducks, Geese, and Swans
Greater White fronted Goose Anser albifrons
Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
Brant Goose Branta bernicla
Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
Canada Goose Branta canadensis X? X
Emperor Goose Anser canagicus
Ross's Goose Anser rossii
King Eider Somateria spectabilis
Eider sp.
Common Eider Somateria mollissima
Spectacled Eider Somateria spectabilis
Steller's Eider Polysticta stelleri
Mallard Anas platyrhyncos
Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis
Northern Pintail Anas acuta
Green-winged Teal Anas crecca
Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus X Greater Scaup Aythya marila
Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
Common Merganser Mergus merganser
Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
PelagicCormorants(Baird's)
Cormorant Urile pelagicus Loons (Divers)
Loon sp. X
Red throated Loon Gavia stellata X X X X X X X
Common Loon Gavia immer
Arctic Loon Gavia arctica
Yellow-billed Loon Gavia adamsii X X Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica X X
RedGrebesnecked
Grebe Podiceps grisegena
Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus
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BIRDS (continued)
AlcidAlcidssp.
Little Auk (Dovekie) Alle alle
Common Murre Uria aalge
Thick billed Murre (Brunnich's Guillemot) Uria lomvia X Razorbill Alca torda
Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle X X
Pigeon Guillemot Cepphus columba
Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica
Horned Puffin Fratercula corniculata
Tufted Puffin Fratercula cirrhata
Rhinoceros Auklet Cerorhinca monocerata
Crested Auklet Aethia cristatella X
Kittlitz's Murrelet Brachyramphus brevirostiris
NorthernTubenosesFulmar
Fulmarus glacialis
Short-tailed Shearwater Ardenna tenuirostris Skuas and Jaegers
Great Skua Stercorarius skua
Pomarine Jaeger (Skua) Stercorarius pomarinus
Parasitic Jaeger (Arctic Skua) Stercorarius parasiticus
Long tailed Jaeger (Skua) Stercorarius longicaudus Gulls and Terns
Gull sp. X
Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla
Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea
Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
Thayer's Gull Larus thayeri
Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
Glaucous winged Gull Larus glaucenscens
Great Black backed Gull Larus marinus
Mew (Short billed) Gull Larus canus
Sabine's Gull Xema sabini
Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea Aleutian Tern Onychoprion aleuticus
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BIRDS (continued)
ShorebirdShorebirdssp.
Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
Black bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola
Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
Semipalmated Plover Charadrius melodus
Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
Black Turnstone Arenariamelanocephala
Red Knot Calidris canutus
Sanderling Calidris alba
Dunlin Calidris alpina
Long billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima
Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
Buff breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis
Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis
Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
Bar tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
Red necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
Red (Grey) Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
RockGamebirdsPtarmigan
Lagopus muta X
Willow Ptarmigan Lagopus lagopus
SandhillCrane Crane Antigone canadensis
GoldenHawks
Eagle Aquila chrysaetos
Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
Rough legged Hawk Buteo lagopus
GyrfalconFalcons
Falco rusticolus
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
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MAMMALS (continued)
Baleen BowheadWhalesWhale
Balaena mysticetus
Minke Whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata
Blue Whale Balaenoptera musculus
Fin Whale Balaenoptera physalus
Humpback Whale Megaptera Novaeanglia
Toothed Whales
Sperm Whale Physter macrocephalus
Killer Whale (Orca) Orcinus orca
Narwhal Monodon monoceros
Beluga Delphinapterus leucas
Northern Bottlenose Whale Hyperoodon ampullatus
SealSealssp.
Bearded Seal Erignathus barbatus
Harp Seal Pagophilus groenlandicus
Habour Seal Phoca vitulina
Harbour Porpoise Phocena phocena
Ribbon Seal Histriophoca fasciata
Largha (Spotted) Seal Phoca largha
Ringed Seal Pusa hispida Walrus Odobenus rosmarus
Land *PolarMammalsBear
Ursus maritimus
Least Weasel Mustela nivalis
Ermine/ Stoat, (Short-tailed Weasel) Mustela erminea
Arctic Fox Alopex lagopus
Muskox Ovibus moschatus
Gray Wolf Canis lupus
Caribou Rangifer tarandus X
Peary Caribou Rangifer tarandus pearyi
Brown/Grizzly Bear
Ursus arctos
Arctic Hare Lepus arcticus X
Northern Collared Lemming Discrostonyx groenlandicus
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Additional Amazing Wildlife Sightings:
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Wolf Spider
Ross's Tussock Moth larva
Sea Angel (from submarine)
Lion's Mane (Jelly fish)
Horned Lark
Herring Gull
Bank Swallow
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Pacific Fulmar
Steller Sea Lion
Parakeet Auklet
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