In the past few decades, little information on the wolf (Canis lupus) in Greenland has been published. The decline of the species and its extirpation in the late 1930s from East Greenland is well documented. Since then, there has been a tendency for wolves sighted in the North and East Greenland National Park to be classified as temporary visitors wandering afar from adjacent Canada, with no prospect of survival in Greenland for anything but a short period. In view of the virtual absence of human population in this vast region, that assumption may not be accurate.There is now abundant evidence to indicate that a renewed immigration and dispersal of wolves has been taking place during the last years, with a migration route from Ellesmere Island eastward across North Greenland into Peary Land, and then southward into the fjord region of central East Greenland. The wolf is reoccupying its former range and by the winter of 1983 wolves had reached the Scoresby Sund region the species' southernmost temtory of the 1930s.Examination of the published records and all available unpublished data provides a historical picture of the status of the wolf in Greenland, from which some conclusions can be made regarding populations, pack size, migration routes, feeding habits and travelling distances.

The earliest information on Sabine's gull, Ross's gull and Ivory gull was collected by several heroic arctic explorers during the nineteenth century and the beginning of the twentieth. Ross's gull was discovered in northern Canada in 1823 by James C. Ross and Sabine's gull in northwestern Greenland in 1818 by Edward Sabine. S.A. Buturlin was the first to find the breeding places of Ross's gull in northeastern Siberia. Recently new breeding places have been reported from U.

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In High Arctic Northeast Greenland King Eiders (Somuteria spscfabilis) were found nesting in association with solitarily breeding Long-tailed Skuas (Stercorarius longicaudus). The association is demonstrated using spatial statistics analyses and timing of clutch initiations. Long-tailed Skuas' nests were evenly spaced in the 6.1 k m 2 census area, whereas nine out of ten King Eider nests were located close to five different nest of Long-tailed Skua. It is suggested that the association may be a state of commensalism.

ABSTRACT. The central Arctic Ocean is difficult to access. As a result, the bird fauna of the area, with its potential input from all around the circumpolar perimeter, is still only little known. The present paper contributes observations on the distribution of Ross's gull (Rhodostethia rosea) made during the Arctic Ocean 96 expedition from mid-July to mid-September 1996, from the Swedish icebreaker Oden. Ross's gull was the most common bird in the central parts of the Arctic Ocean, with a grand total of at least 131 individuals seen up to 87˚30'N. Its absence further north was judged as due to an early freeze-up. A marked concentration was noted at the shelf-break north of Franz Josef Land in late July. Most Ross's gulls were observed as single birds or two together, but some small flocks were seen, the largest consisting of 10 birds. Most birds were adults, the proportion of immature (second-year) birds being no more than 10 -15%.Key words: Arctic Ocean, birds, Ross's gull, Rhodostethia rosea, Arctic Ocean 96 expedition RÉSUMÉ. Vu qu'il est difficile d'accéder à la partie centrale de l'océan Arctique, la faune aviaire de la région ainsi que l'apport à celle-ci venant de tout le périmètre circumpolaire sont relativement peu connus. Cet article présente des observations sur la distribution de la mouette rosée (Rhodostethia rosea) faites de la mi-juillet à la mi-septembre 1996 dans le cadre de l'expédition Océan Arctique 96 réalisée par le brise-glace suédois Oden. La mouette rosée était l'oiseau le plus répandu dans les régions centrales de l'océan Arctique, avec un total global d'au moins 131 individus observés jusqu'à 87° 30' de latit. N. On a interprété son absence plus au nord comme étant la conséquence d'un engel précoce. On a remarqué une forte concentration à la rupture de pente au nord de l'archipel François-Joseph à la fin juillet. La plupart des mouettes rosées ont été observées en solitaires ou en paires, mais on a aussi vu quelques petites volées dont la plus importante comptait 10 oiseaux. La plupart des mouettes étaient des adultes, la proportion des oiseaux immatures (dans leur deuxième année) ne représentant pas plus de 10 à 15 p. cent.Mots clés: océan Arctique, mouette rosée, Rhodostethia rosea, expédition Océan Arctique 96Traduit pour la revue Arctic par Nésida Loyer.