1 – Embarkation, Kangerlussuaq , Greenland SC (August 19)
2 – At sea (August 20)
3 – Qaqortoq, Greenland K, T, SC (August 21)
4 – Aappilattoq , Greenland K, SC (August 22)
5 – At sea W (August 23)
6 – Tasiilaq , Greenland K, H, T, ZC (August 24)
7 – At sea (August 25)
8 – Reykjavík, Iceland T (August 26)
9 – At sea H (August 27)
10 – Seydisfjördur, Iceland K, T, S (August 28)
11 – At sea (August 29)
12 – At sea (August 30)
13 – Disembarkation, Tromsø , Norway (August 31)
SC = Ship cruise
ZC = Zodiac cruise
K = Kayaking
T = Tours on shore
W = Blue whales
H = Helicopter flights
S = Submarine dives
Highlights of Greenland & Iceland
Kangerlussuaq , Greenland to Tromsø , Norway
August 19 – August 31, 2023
Captain Radomir Novosel
Discovery Leader Boris Wise
Total Nautical Miles = 2,648 nm
Greenland Iceland Norway
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Wildlife Checklist
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 19/8 20/8 21/8 22/8 23/8 24/8 25/8 26/8 27/8 28/8 29/8 30/8 BIRDS Ducks, Geese and Swans Greylag Goose Anser anser X Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis X Common Eider Somateria mollissima X X Mallard Anas platyrhyncos X X Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus X Cormorants and Gannets Northern Gannet Morus bassanus X X X X X Eurasian Shag X Loons (Divers) Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata X X Alcids Common Murre Uria aalge X Thick-billed Murre (Brunnich's Guillemot) Uria lomvia X Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle X Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica X X X X Tubenoses Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus X X Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis X X X X X X X X X X X Skuas and Jaegers Great Skua Stercorarius skua X Gulls and Terns Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla X X X Herring Gull Larus argentatus X X X Black-headed Gull Chicocephalus ridibundus X X X Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides X X X X X X X X Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus X X X X Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus X X X X Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus X X X X X X X Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea X X X Shorebirds Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres X Common Snipe Calidris canutus X Hawks White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla X Jays, Magpies, Crows and Ravens Common Raven Corvus corax X X X X X X Old World Flycatchers Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe X X
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Highlights of Greenland & Iceland | August 19 – August 31, 2023
Critter Club – Wildlife Checklist Highlights of
BIRDS (continued)
Greenland & Iceland | August 19 – August 31, 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 19/8 20/8 21/8 22/8 23/8 24/8 25/8 26/8 27/8 28/8 29/8 30/8
Thrushes Redwing Turdus iliacus X X European starling Sturnus vulgaris X Longspurs & Snow Buntings Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus X Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea X X X X Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis X X X MAMMALS Baleen Whales Minke Whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata X X Blue Whale Balaenoptera musculus X Fin Whale Balaenoptera physalus X Long-finned Pilot Whale Globicephala melas X X Sei Whale Balaenoptera borealis X X X White-beaked dolphin Lagenorhynchus albirostris X Humpback Whale Megaptera novaeangliae X Seals Harbour Seal Phoca vitulina X X Ringed Seal Pusa hispida X Additional Amazing Wildlife Sightings Reindeer X Shorthorn Sculpin Myoxocephalus X Lion’s Mane Jelly Cyanea capillata X X
