Narwhal

Information on Arctic Whales

Close up of Narwhal in water showing its ivory tooth. Northwest Greenland. 1985

Male Narwhal with a long tooth in Arctic waters, Aerial picture.

Male Narwhal with a long tooth in Arctic waters, Aerial picture.

A pod of 5 male Narwhals, their single, unicorn like teeth clearly visible below water. The Arctic

Group of male Narwhals with their distinctive spiral single tooth, seen from the air. Canadian Arctic

A rare double-toothed Narwhal skull. Northwest Greenland. 1989

Tourists by The Narwhal Inn, Resolute. Cornwallis Island. Nunavut. Canadian Arctic. 2002

Close up of Narwhal in water showing its ivory tooth. Northwest Greenland. 1985

A Dead Narwhal (male) with a long tusk. It has been harpooned and killed by Inuit hunters using kayaks. Northwest Greenland. (1985)

Close up of male Narwhal in water showing its ivory tooth. Northwest Greenland. 1985

Muktuk. In this case the skin from a Narwhal, a layer of black & white skin, one of gristle and then blubber.

Narwhal meat sliced and hanging up to dry on a meat rack in Qeqertat. Thule, NW Greenland. 1980

Harpooned Narwhal. Greenlandic Inuit are only allowed to hunt Narwhal with kayaks & harpoons. Greenland. 1980

Close up of male Narwhal in water showing ivory tooth. Northwest Greenland. 1985