Across the Northwest Passage
Nome, Alaska to Kangerlussuaq , Greenland
July 30 – August 19, 2023
Captain Radomir Novosel
Discovery Leader Boris Wise
Total Nautical Miles = 3,980 nm
ZL = Zodiac Landing
ZC = Zodiac cruise SC = Ship Cruise
= Shore Excursion
Alaska Canada
1 – Nome, Alaska (July 30)
2 – King Island/Ukivok Island ZC (July 31)
3 – At sea (August 1)
4 – Zodiac cruise of sea ice ZC, H (August 2)
5 – At sea (Last day in Alaska) (August 3)
6 – Ukivok /Herschel Island, Canada (August 4)
7 – At sea. Ship cruise of Smoking Hills SC (August 5)
8 – Ulukhaktok , Victoria Island ZL (August 6)
9 – Johansen Bay, Edinburgh Island ZL, K (August 7)
10 – Cambridge Bay, Victoria Island ZL, K (August 8)
11 – Gjoa Haven, King William Island ZL, K (August 9)
12 – Coningham Bay ZC (August 10)
13 – Prince Leopold Island Migratory Bird Reserve ZC (August 11)
14 – (AM) Beechey Island SC (PM) Radstock Bay, Devon Island SC (August 12)
15 – Croker Bay, Devon Island SC, ZC (August 13)
16 – Pond Inlet, Baffin Island ZL (August 14)
17 – At sea, Baffin Bay (August 15)
18 – (AM) At sea, Baffin Bay (PM ) Disko Bay, Greenland (August 16)
19 – Illulisat SE (August 17)
20 – Sisimiut SE (August 18)
21 – Kangerlussuaq , Greenland (August 19)
K
S
7 8 9 Greenland 1 2 3 4 5 6
SE
= Kayaking H = Helicopter
= Submarine
14 10 11 12 13 15 16 17
18 19 20 21
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Brant Goose Branta bernicla
Greater Scaup Aythya marila
Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
Common Merganser Mergus merganser
Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
Cormorants
Pelagic (Baird's) Cormorant Urile pelagicus X
Loons (Divers)
Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
Common Loon Gavia immer
Arctic Loon Gavia arctica Yellow-billed Loon Gavia adamsii
Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus
Northwest Passage | July 30 – August 19, 2023 COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME DAY 1 DAY 2 DAY 3 DAY 4 DAY 5 DAY 6 DAY 7 DAY 8 DAY 9 DAY 10 DAY 11 DAY 12 DAY 13 DAY 14 DAY 15 DAY 16 DAY 17 DAY 18 DAY 19 DAY 20 30/7 31/7 1/8 2/8 3/8 4/8 5/8 6/8 7/8 8/8 9/8 10/8 11/8 12/8 13/8 14/8 15/8 16/8 17/8 18/8
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Swans
BIRDS Ducks, Geese and
Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
Goose Branta canadensis X X
Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii Canada
Goose Anser
Eider Somateria spectabilis X Common Eider Somateria mollissima X X X X X X
Eider Somateria spectabilis Steller's Eider Polysticta stelleri Mallard Anas platyrhyncos X Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis X X Northern Pintail Anas acuta
Teal Anas crecca
Duck Histrionicus histrionicus X
Emperor Goose Anser canagicus Ross's
rossii King
Spectacled
Green-winged
Harlequin
X X X
X X
Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica
Grebes
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Horned Puffin Fratercula corniculata
Tufted
Rhinoceros
Passage
July 30 – August
2023 COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME DAY 1 DAY 2 DAY 3 DAY 4 DAY 5 DAY 6 DAY 7 DAY 8 DAY 9 DAY 10 DAY 11 DAY 12 DAY 13 DAY 14 DAY 15 DAY 16 DAY 17 DAY 18 DAY 19 DAY 20 30/7 31/7 1/8 2/8 3/8 4/8 5/8 6/8 7/8 8/8 9/8 10/8 11/8 12/8 13/8 14/8 15/8 16/8 17/8 18/8
the Northwest
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19,
Little Auk (Dovekie)
alle Common Murre Uria aalge X X Thick-billed Murre Uria lomvia X X Razorbill Alca torda X Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle X X
BIRDS continued Alcids
Alle
X
Pigeon Guillemot Cepphus columba
Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica
X
X
Puffin Fratercula cirrhata
Auklet Cerorhinca monocerata
Tubenoses Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis X X X X X X X Short-tailed Shearwater Ardenna tenuirostris X
and
Great Skua Stercorarius
Pomarine Jaeger (Skua) Stercorarius
Parasitic Jaeger (Arctic Skua) Stercorarius parasiticus X X X X Long-tailed Jaeger (Skua) Stercorarius
Gulls and Terns Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla X X X X X X X X X X X Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides X Thayer's Gull Larus thayeri Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus X X X X X X X X X X X X X Glaucous-winged
X
Black-backed
Mew (Short-billed)
Sabine's Gull Xema sabini X X Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea X X X
Tern
Crested Auklet Aethia cristatella Kittlitz's Murrelet Brachyramphus brevirostiris
Skuas
Jaegers
skua
pomarinus
longicaudus
Gull Larus glaucenscens
Great
Gull Larus marinus
Gull Larus canus
Aleutian
Onychoprion aleuticus
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BIRDS continued
Shorebirds
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
Gamebirds
Rock Ptarmigan Lagopus muta
Willow Ptarmigan Lagopus lagopus
Crane
Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
Hawks
Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos
Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
Rough-legged Hawk Buteo lagopus
Falcons
Gyrfalcon Falco rusticolus
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
Northwest Passage | July 30 – August 19, 2023 COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME DAY 1 DAY 2 DAY 3 DAY 4 DAY 5 DAY 6 DAY 7 DAY 8 DAY 9 DAY 10 DAY 11 DAY 12 DAY 13 DAY 14 DAY 15 DAY 16 DAY 17 DAY 18 DAY 19 DAY 20 30/7 31/7 1/8 2/8 3/8 4/8 5/8 6/8 7/8 8/8 9/8 10/8 11/8 12/8 13/8 14/8 15/8 16/8 17/8 18/8
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X X X
X X
X
X
X
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BIRDS continued
Owls
Northern
Common
Blackbird
Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
MAMMALS
Baleen
Fin Whale Balaenoptera physalus
Humpback Whale Megaptera Novaeanglia X X X
Toothed Whales
Sperm Whale Physter macrocephalus
Killer Whale (Orca) Orcinus orca
Narwhal Monodon monoceros
Beluga Delphinapterus leucas
Northern Bottlenose Whale Hyperoodon ampullatus
Passage | July 30 – August
2023 COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME DAY 1 DAY 2 DAY 3 DAY 4 DAY 5 DAY 6 DAY 7 DAY 8 DAY 9 DAY 10 DAY 11 DAY 12 DAY 13 DAY 14 DAY 15 DAY 16 DAY 17 DAY 18 DAY 19 DAY 20 30/7 31/7 1/8 2/8 3/8 4/8 5/8 6/8 7/8 8/8 9/8 10/8 11/8 12/8 13/8 14/8 15/8 16/8 17/8 18/8
the Northwest
19,
Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus
Jays, Magpies,
and
Common Raven Corvus corax X X X X X X X
Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
Crows
Ravens
Old World Flycatchers
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenanthe
Turdus
and Pipits
Wagtail Motacilla
Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis American Pipit Anthus rubescens X X
World Sparrows
Thrushes Redwing Turdus iliacus American Robin
migratorious Wagtails
White
alba Eastern
New
Zonotrichia
Zonotrichia atricapilla Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis X X Longspurs & Snow Buntings Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus X X Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis X X X X X X
White-crowned Sparrow
leuchophrys Golden-crowned Sparrow
Finches
Redpoll Acanthis
flammea
Hoary Redpoll Acanthis hornemanni
Whales
Whale Balaena mysticetus X X
Bowhead
Balaenoptera
Minke Whale
acutorostrata
Blue Whale Balaenoptera musculus===
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Northwest Passage | July 30 – August 19, 2023 COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME DAY 1 DAY 2 DAY 3 DAY 4 DAY 5 DAY 6 DAY 7 DAY 8 DAY 9 DAY 10 DAY 11 DAY 12 DAY 13 DAY 14 DAY 15 DAY 16 DAY 17 DAY 18 DAY 19 DAY 20 30/7 31/7 1/8 2/8 3/8 4/8 5/8 6/8 7/8 8/8 9/8 10/8 11/8 12/8 13/8 14/8 15/8 16/8 17/8 18/8 MAMMALS continued Seals Bearded Seal Erignathus barbatus X X X X X X Harp Seal Pagophilus groenlandicus X X X X Habour Seal Phoca vitulina Harbour Porpoise Phocena phocena X Ribbon Seal Histriophoca fasciata Largha (Spotted) Seal Phoca largha Ringed Seal Pusa hispida X X Walrus Odobenus rosmarus Land Mammals *Polar Bear Ursus maritimus X X X X Least (Short-tailed) Weasel Mustela nivalis Ermine/ Stoat Mustela erminea Arctic Fox Alopex lagopus X Muskox Ovibus moschatus X Gray Wolf Canis lupus
Rangifer tarandus
Caribou Rangifer tarandus pearyi
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Caribou
Peary
Ursus arctos
Hare
arcticus
Collared Lemming Discrostonyx groenlandicus Additional Amazing Wildlife Sightings: Loon species (unidentified) X X X Seal species (unidentified) X X X Skua species (unidentified) X X X Shorebird species (unidentified) X X X X Whale species (unidentified) X X Stilt Sandpiper X Grey Whale X Herring Gull X Hydro Medusa (Common Arctic Jellyfish) X Greenlandic Dogs X X
Brown/Grizzly Bear
Arctic
Lepus
Northern
