Bowhead whale skull (Balaena mysticetus) at the abandoned Kekerten Island whaling station, Nunavut, Canada, North America

Adult bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus) surfacing in Arctic Harbour, Isabella Bay, Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada, North America

Adult bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus) surfacing in Arctic Harbour, Isabella Bay, Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada, North America

Adult bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus) flukes up dive off the Cumberland Peninsula, Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada, North America

An adult bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus), flukes-up dive off Somerset Island, Nunavut, Canada, North America

A Large Knife Used To Butcher Bowhead Whale Rests Atop Pieces Of Whale Meat, Barrow, North Slope, Arctic Alaska, USA, Winter

Close Up View Of The Ridges On Bowhead Whale Skin, Barrow, North Slope, Arctic Alaska, USA, Winter

Close Up View Of Bowhead Whale Baleen, Barrow, Arctic Alaska, USA, Winter

Close Up Of Chunks Of Bowhead Whale Meat On The Frozen Sea Ice, Barrow, North Slope, Arctic Alaska, USA, Winter

Aerial view of a Bowhead whale, (Balaena mysticetus), also known as Greenland right whales, can weigh from 75 to 100 tonnes, swimming in the shallow waters in Vrangel Bay of the Sea of Okhotsk, eastern Russia.

Aerial view of a Bowhead whale, (Balaena mysticetus), also known as Greenland right whales, can weigh from 75 to 100 tonnes, swimming in the shallow waters in Vrangel Bay of the Sea of Okhotsk, eastern Russia.