Greenland in Depth Voyage Map August 13-August 25 2023

1 – Kangerlussuaq , Sondre Stromfjord , Greenland SC (August 13)

2 – At sea/Ilulissat (August 14)

Greenland in Depth

Kangerlussuaq , Greenland to Kangerlussuaq , Greenland

August 13 – August 25, 2023

Captain Erwan Le Rouzic

Discovery Leader Xavier Garcia

Total Nautical Miles = 2,230 nm

3 – Ilulissat TV (August 15)

4 – Equip Sermia Glacier/Disko Bay (meeting SE I!) L, SC (August 16)

5 – At sea, Baffin Bay/Tabular iceberg ZC (August 17)

6 – Kap York (Polar Bear!)/ Savissivik SC, L , ZC (August 18)

7 – Thule (Qaanaaq) TV, L (Northernmost point 77 ° 29.7’ N) (August 19)

8 – Melville Bay PP (Polar Plunge 3.3 °C) (August 19)

9 – At sea, Baffin Sea ZC (August 20)

10 – Qilakitsoq L (August 21)

11 – Uummannaq TV (August 22)

12 – Qeqertarsuaq/Disko Island TV, ZC (August 23)

13 – Sisimiut TV (August 24)

14 – Kangerlussuaq (August 25)

Arctic Circle 66° 33’ N

Northernmost Latitude Reached = 77° 29.7’ N L = Landing

ZC = Zodiac cruise

= Ship Cruise

TV

PP = Polar Plunge 7 8 9 Greenland 1,14 2 3 4 5 6

SC

= Town Visit

6 10 11 12 13

BIRDS

Ducks, Geese and Swans

Greylag Goose Anser anser

Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus

Brent (Brant) Goose Branta bernicla

Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis

Mallard Anas platyrhynchos

Common Teal Anas crecca

Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula

King Eider Somateria spectabilis

Common Eider Somateria mollissima X

Common (Black) Scoter Melanitta nigra

Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope

Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis

Gamebirds

Rock Ptarmigan Lagopus muta

Shorebirds

Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus

European Golden-Plover Pluvialis apricaria

Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula

Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus

Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres

Red Knot Calidris canutus

Sanderling Calidris alba

Dunlin Calidris alpina

Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima

Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos

Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus

Red (Grey) Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius

Common Redshank Tringa totanus

Skuas and Jaegers

Great Skua Stercorarius skua

Pomarine Jaeger (Skua) Stercorarius pomarinus

Parasitic Jaeger (Arctic Skua) Stercorarius parasiticus

Long-tailed Jaeger (Skua) Stercorarius longicaudus

Alcids

Little Auk (Dovekie) Alle alle

Common Murre Uria aalge

Thick-billed Murre (Brunnich's Guillemot) Uria lomvia

Razorbill Alca torda

Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle

Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica

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Checklist Greenland in Depth | August 13 – August 25, 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 13/8 14/8 15/8 16/8 17/8 18/8 19/8 20/8 21/8 22/8 23/8 24/8

Critter Club

Wildlife

X

X X

Critter Club – Wildlife Checklist

Greenland in Depth | August 13 – August 25, 2023

BIRDS (continued)

Gannets

Northern Gannet Morus bassanus

Birds of Prey

White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla

Gyrfalcon Falco rusticolus

Gulls and Terns

Black-legged

Ivory

Pagophila eburnea

Sabine's Gull Xema sabini

Common Gull Larus canus

Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus Glaucous

Black-headed Gull Choicocephalus ridibundus

Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus

Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea

Loons (Divers)

Red-throated Loon (Red-throated Diver) Gavia stellata

rustica

MAMMALS

Baleen Whales

Humpback Whale Megaptera novaeangliae X X X

Blue Whale Balaenoptera musculus

Fin Whale Balaenoptera physalus X X

Toothed Whales

Sperm Whale Physeter macrocephalus

Beluga Delphinapterus leucas

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 13/8 14/8 15/8 16/8 17/8 18/8 19/8 20/8 21/8 22/8 23/8 24/8

Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla X X X X X X X X X

Gull

X X

Herring Gull Larus argentatus Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides

Gull Larus

X X X X X X X X

hyperboreus

X X

Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis X X X X X X X X X X X X Passerines

Wagtail

Field Fare Turdus

Northen Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe X X X X Common Raven Corvus corax X X X Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis X X

Tubenoses

Barn Swallow Hirundo

White

Motacilla alba

pilaris

Bowhead Whale Balaena mysticetus Minke Whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata X X

Narwhal Monodon monoceros X

Critter Club – Wildlife Checklist

MAMMALS (continued)

Dolphins

White-beaked Dolphin Lagenorhynchus albirostris

Atlantic White-sided Dolphin Leucopleurus acutus

Killer Whale (Orca) Orcinus orca

Porpoises

Harbour Porpoise Phocoena phocoena

Beaked Whales

Nothern Bottlenose Whale Hyperoodon ampullatus

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 13/8 14/8 15/8 16/8 17/8 18/8 19/8 20/8 21/8 22/8 23/8 24/8

Hooded Seal

Bearded Seal Erignathus barbatus X Harp Seal Pagophilus groenlandicus X X X Habour Seal Phoca vitulina X Ringed Seal Pusa hispida Atlantic Walrus Odobenus rosmarus Land Mammals Polar Bear Ursus maritimus X Arctic Reindeer Rangifer tarandus eogroenlandicus Arctic Fox Alopex lagopus X Additional Amazing Wildlife Sightings Sea Butterfly X X Greenland in Depth | August 13 – August 25, 2023

Seals

Cystophora cristata

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