Balaenidae Gallery

Minke whales. Mawson - Life and Death in Antarctica, 2008

A colour image of a pod of Minke whales swimming on the Antarctic coastline. Also known as the southern or Antarctic minke whale, the image shows four traveling in a tight cluster. The image comes from the 2008 feature about the The Douglas Mawson Antarctic Expedition of 1912

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Animals, Ice, Icebergs, Seas, Snow, Swimming, Whales

Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) sow with two cubs walking past a pile of Bowhead whale

Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) sow with two cubs walking past a pile of Bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus) bones, Kaktovik, Barter Island, 1002 Area, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, North Slope, Alaska, USA, September. Vulnerable species

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Arctic fauna, lithograph, published in 1897

Arctic fauna: 1) Polar bear (Ursus maritimus); 2) Wolverine (Gulo gulo); 3) Arctic fox (Vulpes lagopus); 4) Mountain hare (Lepus timidus); 5) True lemming (Lemmus); 6) Reindeer (Rangifer tarandus); 7) Muskox (Ovibos moschatus); 8) Walrus (Odobenus rosmarus); 9) Northern fur seal (Callorhinus ursinus); 10) Sea otter (Enhydra lutris); 11) Bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus); 12) Narwhale (Monodon monoceros); 13) Rock ptarmigan (Lagopus muta); 14) Snowy owl (Bubo scandiacus); 15) Common eider (Somateria mollissima, male), 16) Common eider (Somateria mollissima, female); 17) Razorbill (Alca torda); 18) Iceland gull (Larus glaucoides). Lithograph after a drawing by Gustav MAOEtzel (German painter, 1839 - 1893), published in 1897