The fjords around Ammassalik Island are brimming with narwhals, seals, ermine, arctic wolves and dozens of other cold-comfort creatures. |
They grow to about 30 cm long, and are favorite food of narwhals and other arctic whales. |
We had seen whales, narwhals, polar bear, seals, walrus, musk ox, and countless other natural wonders. |
A dive was defined as submergence below 8 m, and the surface was defined as above 9 m, following sampling schemes also used for narwhals and belugas. |
He came out to meet me upon the back of a mighty 'rorqual,' and a body-guard of four hundred picked narwhals swam before him. |
However, in repeated attempts in the 1960s and 1970s, all narwhals kept in captivity died within months. |