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Mammals of central North Greenland

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 October 2009

O. Bennike ,
A. K. Higgins  and
M. Kelly
O. Bennike
Affiliation:
Geological Museum, University of Copenhagen, Øster Voldgade 5-7, DK-1350 Copenhagen K, Denmark
A. K. Higgins
Affiliation:
Geological Survey of Greenland, Øster Voldgade 10, DK-1350 Copenhagen K, Denmark
M. Kelly
Affiliation:
Department of Environmental Science, University of Lancaster, Lancaster LA1 4YQ, UK
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Abstract

Central North Greenland, an uninhabited and rarely visited region bordering the Arctic Ocean, supports arctic hare, collared lemming, wolf, arctic fox, polar bear, stoat, ringed seal and musk ox. Their distribution and abundance were noted during Geological Survey of Greenland expeditions in 1984–85, which visited virtually all land areas in the region, including nunataks and islands. Bones of reindeer, bearded seal and narwhal were also found. Ringed seal and reindeer are known to have been present in the region by the early Holocene.

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Polar Record , Volume 25 , Issue 152 , January 1989 , pp. 43 - 49
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1989

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