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Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis)

Description

Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis). Although these birds look superficially likeseagulls, they are more closely related to petrels.See: http://www.naturalsciences.org/education/arctic/

Credit

NOAA Climate Program Office, NABOS 2006 Expedition

Photographer

Mike Dunn

Display Date

2006 September 12

Location

Arctic Ocean, north of western Russia

Collection

Paths Less Taken

NOAA Affiliation

NC State Museum of Natural Sciences