The Laptev Sea is a marginal sea of the Arctic Ocean. It is located between the northern coast of Siberia, the Taimyr Peninsula, Severnaya Zemlya, and the New Siberian Islands. Its northern boundary p
The shore of the Anabar Bay.
The frozen Laptev Sea. Thinning of the ice reveals blue and green water color. New Siberian Islands are near the middle and the Great Siberian Polynya is in the left part of the image.
Even women in ethnic costume, early 20th century.
Zarya in 1902 during her second wintering
The walrus is a large pinniped marine mammal with discontinuous distribution about the North Pole in the Arctic Ocean and subarctic seas of the Northern Hemisphere. It is the only extant species in th
Laptev Sea
…and Parmelia. Permanent mammal species include ringed seal (Phoca hispida), bearded seal (Erignathus barbatus), harp seal (Pagophilus groenlandicus), walrus (Odobenus rosmarus), collared lemming (Dicrostonyx torquatus), Arctic fox (Alopex lagopus), reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) wolf (Canis lupus), ermine…
Walrus in the Russian Arctic National Park, Novaya Zemlya 2015 2
Fossil walrus (O. rosmarus) skull, collected off the coast of New Jersey in 1938. At the AMNH.
Young male Pacific walruses on Cape Pierce, Alaska, showing variation in the curvature and orientation of the tusks and the bumpy skin (bosses) typical of males.