Bowhead whale migration map (IMAGE)

American Geophysical Union

Bowhead whale migration map

Caption

Bowhead whales migrate from their usual overwintering spot in the Bering Sea, north through the Bering Strait, to summer feeding grounds in the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas. Recently, they’ve begun leaving the summer feeding grounds weeks later, with some whales not bothering to return to the Bering Sea winter spot, the GRL study finds.

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AGU, modified from Szeciorka et al. (2024)

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