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Bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus)

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Bowhead whale

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Bowhead whale

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Bowhead whale releasing air underwater

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Bowhead whale

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Bowhead whale surfacing

© John K.B. Ford / Ursus / SeaPics.com
Bowhead whale surfacing

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Bowhead whale surfacing between ice flows

© Steven Kazlowski / naturepl.com
Two bowhead whales surfacing

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Bowhead whale amongst ice sheets

© Doc White / naturepl.com
Bowhead whale at surface

© Doc White / naturepl.com
Bowhead whale spouting at blowhole

© Martha Holmes / naturepl.com
Bowhead whale at blow hole

© Martha Holmes / naturepl.com
Bowhead whale exhaling through blowhole

© Steven Kazlowski / naturepl.com
Bowhead whale fin slapping

© Rick Price/SAL / gettyimages.com
Bowhead whale spyhopping

© Saul Gonor / SeaPics.com
Bowhead whale spyhopping

© Rick Price/SAL / gettyimages.com
Bowhead whale fluke

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Bowhead whale tail

© Gerard Soury / gettyimages.com
Bowhead whale carcass with polar bear scavenging meat

© Steven Kazlowski / naturepl.com
Eye detail of caught bowhead whale

© Steven Kazlowski / SeaPics.com
Bowhead whale caught by Inuit subsistence whalers

© Steven Kazlowski / naturepl.com

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