Baffin Island – images of marine mammals, seabirds and landscapes

Baffin Island images – a sample of images taken of marine mammals, seabirds and landscapes during an expedition trip to Baffin Island, Canada, during August 2014.

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Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) swimming at sea, Baffin Island. (c) Caroline Weir.
Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) swimming at sea, Baffin Island.
Walrus (Odobenus rosmarus) showing characteristic bloodshot eyes, pale vibrissae and tusks. Maxwell Bay, Devon Island. (c) Caroline Weir.
Walrus (Odobenus rosmarus) showing characteristic bloodshot eyes, pale vibrissae and tusks. Maxwell Bay, Devon Island.
Details of an iceberg, Baffin Island. (c) Caroline Weir.
Details of an iceberg, Baffin Island.
Reflections, Baffin Island. (c) Caroline Weir.
Reflections, Baffin Island.
Tusk of a narwhal (Monodon monoceros). Milne Inlet, Baffin Island. (c) Caroline Weir.
Tusk of a narwhal (Monodon monoceros). Milne Inlet, Baffin Island.
Brünnich's guillemot (Uria lomvia) with chick stretching its wings near the colony at Akpait, Baffin Island. (c) Caroline Weir.
Brünnich's guillemot (Uria lomvia) with chick stretching its wings near the colony at Akpait, Baffin Island.
Entering the Icy Arm, Buchan Gulf, Baffin Island. (c) Caroline Weir.
Entering the Icy Arm, Buchan Gulf, Baffin Island.
Walrus (Odobenus rosmarus) hauled out at Maxwell Bay, Devon Island. (c) Caroline Weir.
Walrus (Odobenus rosmarus) hauled out at Maxwell Bay, Devon Island.
Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) prints, Baffin Island. (c) Caroline Weir.
Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) prints, Baffin Island.
Patterns of sea ice in Lancaster Sound. (c) Caroline Weir.
Patterns of sea ice in Lancaster Sound.
Bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus), showing the distinctive arched jawline and raised splashguard of this species. Isabella Bay, Baffin Island. (c) Caroline Weir.
Bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus), showing the distinctive arched jawline and raised splashguard of this species. Isabella Bay, Baffin Island. (c) Caroline Weir.
Flock of Brünnich's guillemot (Uria lomvia) returning to the colony at Akpait, Baffin Island. (c) Caroline Weir.
Flock of Brünnich's guillemot (Uria lomvia) returning to the colony at Akpait, Baffin Island.
Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) diving under pack ice, Baffin Island. (c) Caroline Weir.
Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) diving under pack ice, Baffin Island.
A northern fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis) glides over a glassy sea near Baffin Island. (c) Caroline Weir.
A northern fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis) glides over a glassy sea near Baffin Island.
Pod of narwhal (Monodon monoceros) including raised tusk. Milne Inlet, Baffin Island. (c) Caroline Weir.
Pod of narwhal (Monodon monoceros) including raised tusk. Milne Inlet, Baffin Island.
Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla) catching fish in the sea ice, Lancaster Sound. (c) Caroline Weir.
Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla) catching fish in the sea ice, Lancaster Sound.
Brünnich's guillemot (Uria lomvia) chick (escorted by parent) gliding to the sea after jumping from the cliff at Akpait, Baffin Island. (c) Caroline Weir.
Brünnich's guillemot (Uria lomvia) chick (escorted by parent) gliding to the sea after jumping from the cliff at Akpait, Baffin Island.
The tail of a bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus) in Isabella Bay, Baffin Island. (c) Caroline Weir.
The tail of a bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus) in Isabella Bay, Baffin Island.
Mountains at Icy Arm, Buchan Gulf, Baffin Island. (c) Caroline Weir.
Mountains at Icy Arm, Buchan Gulf, Baffin Island.
Blue and white. Iceberg at Akpait, Baffin Island. (c) Caroline Weir.
Blue and white. Iceberg at Akpait, Baffin Island.
Northern fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis) near Baffin Island. (c) Caroline Weir.
Northern fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis) near Baffin Island.
Reflection of an iceberg, Baffin Island. (c) Caroline Weir.
Reflection of an iceberg, Baffin Island.
Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) swimming along the ice edge, Baffin Island. (c) Caroline Weir.
Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) swimming along the ice edge, Baffin Island.
Adult narwhal (Monodon monoceros) showing characteristic mottled colouration and dorsal ridge. Milne Inlet, Baffin Island. (c) Caroline Weir.
Adult narwhal (Monodon monoceros) showing characteristic mottled colouration and dorsal ridge. Milne Inlet, Baffin Island.
Waves breaking against an iceberg, Baffin Island. (c) Caroline Weir.
Waves breaking against an iceberg, Baffin Island.
Pod of narwhal (Monodon monoceros) travelling along the coast (some with healed bullet wounds). Milne Inlet, Baffin Island. (c) Caroline Weir.
Pod of narwhal (Monodon monoceros) travelling along the coast (some with healed bullet wounds). Milne Inlet, Baffin Island.
Bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus) surfacing in Isabella Bay, Baffin Island. (c) Caroline Weir.
Bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus) surfacing in Isabella Bay, Baffin Island. (c) Caroline Weir.

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