Mapping pre- and post-fledging foraging locations of thick-billed murres in the North Water polynya

In this study of thick-billed murres in High-arctic Greeland we used electronic data loggers and satellite transmitters to identify the foraging areas of chick-rearring adults, and to map the routers and staging areas of adults accompanying post-fledging chicks during their swimming migration within the North Water (NOW) polynya. This initial study suggested that the high-arctic murres did not hasten towards the wintering grounds, and that the NOW remained important even to post-fledging murres.