Walruses in northwest Greenland have different patterns and levels of organochlorine contaminants in their blubber from those in southeast Baffin Island (Loks Land), which also suggests these animals belong to different populations (Muir et al.
On trouve à l’occasion des morses dans le golfe de Boothia, au sud de la baie Pelly (Brice-Bennett, 1976) et de la baie Committee ainsi que de l’île Crown Prince Frederik (70°02’N, 86°50’O) (Loughrey, 1959; Anders, 1966). On croit que ces morses proviennent de la population de la baie de Baffin, au nord, et que leur