Aerial Survey of Walruses in Northern Bering Sea, 1960

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Abstract

The report by Karl W. Kenyon covers an aerial survey of walruses in northern Bering Sea, 1960. Pages are numbered, and there is a table of contents. It includes itinerary, personnel, survey time, as well as survey areas, and observations of vegetation and wildlife including behavior. Locations include St. Lawrence Island, Nunivak Island, Kuskokwim Bay, and Bristol Bay. The report contains photographs with extensive captions. They show staff, modes of transportation, aerial observations of ice breaking and otter populations.

Date Range

1960

Start Date

1960

End Date

1960

Access Information

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Topic

Mammalogy

Place

  • Bristol Bay
  • Bering Sea
  • United States
  • Nunivak Island
  • Alaska
  • Kuskokwim Bay

Form/Genre

  • Fieldbook record
  • Field notes
  • Reports

Accession #

SIA RU007407

Collection name

United States Fish and Wildlife Service Bird and Mammal Laboratories, Records, 1945-1970

Physical Description

1 field book

Physical Location

Smithsonian Institution Archives

Sublocation

Box 1