Permalink: https://media.greenpeace.org/archive/Walrus-Ashore-in-the-Arctic-27MZIF3J14FN.htmlConceptually similarWalrus Ashore in the ArcticGP0STOMM4Completed★★★★★★Walrus Ashore in the ArcticGP0STOMM6Completed★★★★Injured walrus. Chuckchi Sea.GP0WLYCompleted★★★★Walrus on iceflow, Chuckchi Sea.GP0LRQCompleted★★★★★★Walrus on iceflow, Chukchi sea.GP0Z2PCompleted★★★★Greenpeace tour investigating Climate change. Arctic Sunrise & Walrus. Chukchi sea.GP0R7CCompleted★★★★Walrus on Iceflow in the Chuckchi SeaGP0V58Completed★★★★★★★Greenpeace filmcrew filming walrus. Chukchi sea.GP01DW7Completed★★★★Greenpeace tour investigating Climate change. Walrus. Chuckchi sea.GP0EPHCompleted★★★★★★View AllGP0STOMM5Walrus Ashore in the ArcticThousands of Pacific walrus gather on shore near Point Lay in this aerial image captured during a NOAA survey of the Chukchi Sea. The arctic surveys serve to document the distribution and relative abundance of bowhead, gray, right, and fin whales, belugas, and other marine mammals in areas of potential oil and natural gas exploration, development, and production activities in the Alaskan Beaufort and northeastern Chukchi Seas.Locations:Alaska-Arctic-Chukchi Sea-North America-United States of AmericaDate:27 Sep, 2014Credit:© National Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationMaximum size:2400px X 1749pxRestrictions:FOR GREENPEACE PUBLISHED MATERIAL ONLY. FOR ALL EXTERNAL ENQUIRIES PLEASE CONTACT YOUR LOCAL PHOTO REPRESENTATIVE OR GREENPEACE INTERNATIONAL PHOTO LIBRARY.Keywords:Aerial view-Animals-Climate (campaign title)-Climate change impacts-Coastal features-Coastlines-Day-KWCI (GPI)-Oceans (topography)-Outdoors-Save the Arctic (campaign title)-WalrusesShoot:Pacific Walrus in the Alaskan ArcticThousands of Pacific walrus gather on shore near Point Lay, Alaska, in this aerial images made Sept. 23, 2014, during a NOAA survey of the Chukchi Sea. The arctic surveys serve to document the distribution and relative abundance of bowhead, gray, right, and fin whales, belugas, and other marine mammals in areas of potential oil and natural gas exploration, development, and production activities in the Alaskan Beaufort and northeastern Chukchi Seas. Pacific walrus are dependent on sea ice where they rest and dive to the bottom of the continental shelf for food. Climate change induced warming has caused the sea ice to retreat into deep areas of the Arctic Ocean where the walrus cannot dive for food, forcing them ashore where there is increased mortality from stampedes in the herd.
