Greenland Explorer
August 23 – September 6, 2024
Captain Ned Tutton
Discovery Leader Helena Schofield
Total Nautical Miles = 2552,9
Northernmost Latitude Reached = 70°53.0’ N, 054°07.1’ W
1 – Reykjavík (August 23)
2 – Fridtjof Nansen Halvo ZC, K (August 25 PM)
3 – Bernstorff Fjord L (August 26 PM)
4 – Skjoldungen Fjord L, K, PP (August 27)
5 – Prins Christian Sund SC (August 28 AM)
6 – Kangerluk Fjord ZC, K (August 28 PM)
7 – Qaqortoq E (August 29)
8 – Nuuk E (August 31)
9 – Evighedfjord ZC, K (September 1 AM)
10 – Illulissat E (September 2)
11 – Disco Fjord, Disco Island L, K (September 3 AM)
12 – Qilakitsoq L (September 4 AM)
13 – Sisimiut E (September 5)
14 – Kangerlussuaq (September 6)
ZC = Zodiac Cruise
K = Kayaking
L = Landing
SC = Ship Cruise
PP = Polar Plunge
E = Excursions
Greenland
Iceland
Critter Club – Wildlife Checklist
BIRDS
Ducks, Geese, and Swans
Pink Footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus
Greater White Fronted Goose Anser albifrons
Brant Goose Branta bernicla
Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis
King Eider Somateria spectabilis
Common Eider Somateria mollissima X X X X Mallard Anas platyrhyncos X X
Long Tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis
Red Breasted Merganser Mergus serrator Cormorants
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo X Loons (Divers)
Red Throated Loon Gavia stellata
Common Loon Gavia immer 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 X X X
Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica Tubenoses
Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis
Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis
Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea Skuas and Jaegers
Great Skua
Stercorarius skua
Pomarine Jaeger (Skua) Stercorarius pomarinus
Parasitic Jaeger (Arctic Skua)
Stercorarius parasiticus X
Long Tailed Jaeger (Skua) Stercorarius longicaudus
Gulls and Terns
Black Legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla
Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea
Herring Gull Larus argentatus
Black Headed Gull Chicocephalus ridibundus X
Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
Lesser Black Backed Gull Larus fuscus X
Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
Great Black Backed Gull Larus marinus
Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
Shorebirds
Common Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticula
Common Redshank Tringa totanus
Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
Red Knot Calidris canutus
Sanderling Calidris alba
Dunlin Calidris alpina
Critter Club – Wildlife Checklist
Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima
Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
Red Necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
Red (Grey) Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
Gamebirds
Rock Ptarmigan Lagopus muta
Hawks
White Tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla
Falcons
Gyrfalcon Falco rusticolus
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus Owls
Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus
Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens
Common Raven Corvus corax
Old World Flycatchers
Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
Thrushes
Redwing Turdus iliacus
Fieldfare Turdus pilaris
Wagtails and Pipits
White Wagtail Motacilla alba
American Pipit Anthus rubescens
Longspurs & Snow Buntings
Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
MAMMALS
Baleen Whales
Bowhead Whale Balaena mysticetus
Minke Whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata
Blue Whale Balaenoptera musculus
Fin Whale Balaenoptera physalus
Humpback Whale Megaptera Novaeanglia
Toothed Whales
Sperm Whale Physter macrocephalus
Killer Whale (Orca) Orcinus orca
Northern Bottlenose Whale Hyperoodon ampullatus Seals
Bearded Seal Erignathus barbatus
Harp Seal Pagophilus groenlandicus
Habour Seal Phoca vitulina
Ringed Seal Pusa hispida
Land Mammals
Polar Bear Ursus maritimus
Arctic Fox Alopex lagopus
Arctic Hare Lepus arcticus
Additional Wildlife Sightings
Manx Shearwater
White Beaked Dolphin
Canada Goose
Common Redpole
