Balaena mysticetus is her formal name, but you can call her bowhead. She’s about the length of two big yellow school buses parked end to end and a bit on the heavy side, around 100 tons with a two-foot-thick layer of blubber.
Eureka! A roaming bowhead whale
Jun. 22, 2011 | New York Times | Joanna M. Foster
Topics: 2011 Arctic Whale Survey, Oil & Gas Exploration, Science Expedition
Regions: Baffin Bay, Canadian Arctic Waters, Lancaster Sound
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