801N230824.2 Greenland Explorer map and wildlife checklist

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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

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