ARCTOX includes the sampling of a total of 26 seabird species at 72 breeding sites around the Arctic and sub-Arctic.

Sampling sites

Sampled species

  • Buldir Island (Aleutians)
  • Talan Island (Okhotsk Sea)
  • Anda (Norway)
  • Bjørnøya (Svalbard)
  • Faroe Islands
  • Gannets Island (Canada)
  • Grimsey (Iceland)
  • Gull Island (Canada)
  • Hjelmsoya (Norway)
  • Hørnoya (Norway)
  • Papey (Iceland)
  • Røst (Norway)
  • Seven Islands (Russia)
  • Alkefjellet (Svalbard)
  • Anda (Norway)
  • Baffin Island (Canada)
  • Bjørnøya (Svalbard)
  • Franz Josef Land (Russia)
  • Cape Krutik (Russia)
  • Dunholm (East Greenland)
  • Faroe Islands
  • Gull Island (Canada)
  • Hjelmsøya (Norway)
  • Franz Josef Land (Russia)
  • Hornøya (Norway)
  • Hornsund (Svalbard)
  • Isfjorden (Svalbard)
  • Isle of May (Scotland)
  • Kara Gate (Russia)
  • Kippaku (West Greenland)
  • Kongsjorden (Svalbard)
  • Langanes (Iceland)
  • Middleton (Alaska)
  • Preobrazhenia Island (Russia)
  • Rittenbank (West Greenland)
  • Røst (Norway)
  • Runde/Ålesund (Norway)
  • Saint George Isl. (Alaska)
  • Saint Lawrence Isl. (Alaska)
  • Saint Paul Isl. (Alaska)
  • Sklinna (Norway)
  • Skoruvíkurbjarg (Iceland)
  • Thule district (Northwest Greenland)
  • Alkefjellet (Svalbard)
  • Baffin Island (Canada)
  • Bjørnøya (Svalbard)
  • Coats Island (Canada)
  • Gannets Island (Canada)
  • Gorodetskiy Cape (Russia)
  • Grimsey (Iceland)
  • Hornøya (Norway)
  • Gull Island (Canada)
  • Hjelmsøya (Norway)
  • Franz Josef Land (Russia)
  • Hornøya (Norway)
  • Isfjorden (Svalbard)
  • Jan Mayen (Norway)
  • Kara Gate (Russia)
  • Kippaku (West Greenland)
  • Langanes (Iceland)
  • Latrabjarg (Iceland)
  • Oranskyi Islands (Russia)
  • Saint George Isl. (Alaska)
  • Saint Lawrence Isl. (Alaska)
  • Thule district (Northwest Greenland)
  • Breidafjordur (Iceland)
  • Buldir Island (Aleutian Isl.)
  • Dunholm (East Greenland)
  • East Bay (Canada)
  • Faroe Island
  • Grindøya (Norway)
  • Kongsfjorden (Svalbard)
  • Selvaer (Norway)
  • Seven Islands (Russia)
  • Sklinna (Norway)
  • Solovetsky Archipelago (Russia)
  • Thule district (Northwest Greenland)

  • Bjørnøya (Svalbard)
  • Faroe Islands 
  • Funk Island (Canada)
  • Gannets Island (Canada)
  • Gorodetskiy Cape (Russia)
  • Gull Island (Canada)
  • Hjelmsøya (Norway)
  • Hornøya (Norway)
  • Isle of May (Scotland)
  • Jan Mayen (Norway)
  • Langanes (Iceland)
  • Saint George Isl. (Alaska)
  • Saint Lawrence Isl. (Alaska)
  • Sklinna (Norway)
  • Talan Island (Okhotsk Sea)
  • Kakrarahud (Estonia)
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  • Buldir Island (Aleutian Isl.)
  • Saint Lawrence Isl. (Alaska)
  • Talan Island (Okhotsk Sea)
  • Hornøya (Norway)
  • Jarsteinen (Norway)
  • Melrakkaey (Iceland)
  • Røst (Norway)
  • Seven Islands (Russia)
  • Sklinna (Norway)
  • Bjørnøya (Svalbard)
  • Franz Josef Land (Russia)
  • Coats Island (Canada)
  • Jan Mayen (Norway)
  • Kongsfjorden (Svalbard)
  • Melrakkaey (Iceland)
  • Thule district (Northwest Greenland)
  • Buldir Island (Aleutian Isl.)
  • Eyjafjordur (Iceland)
  • Hordaland (Norway)
  • Hornøya (Norway)
  • Sklinna (Norway)
  • Solovetsky archipelago (Russia)
  • Vest Agder (Norway)
  • Buldir Island (Aleutian Isl.)
  • Saint George Isl. (Alaska)
  • Saint Lawrence Isl. (Alaska)
  • Saint Paul Isl. (Alaska)
  • Eyjafjordur (Iceland)
  • Faroe Island
  • Lemmingvaer (Norway)
  • Reykjanes (Iceland)
  • Solovetsky archipelago (Russia)
  • Vest Agder (Norway)
  • Pituffik (Northwest Greenland)
  • Kap Höegh (East Greenland)
  • Kongfjorden (Svalbard)
  • Isfjorden (Svalbard)
  • Hornsund (Svalbard)
  • Bjørnøya (Svalbard)
  • Franz Josef Land (Russia)
  • Alkefjellet (Svalbard)
  • Baffin Island (Canada)
  • Bjørnøya (Svalbard)
  • Breidafjordur (Iceland)
  • Eynhallow (Scotland)
  • Faroe Island
  • Grimsey (Iceland)
  • Holmahals (Iceland)
  • Jan Mayen (Norway)
  • Labrador Sea (Canada)
  • Langanes (Iceland)
  • Papey (Iceland)
  • Reykjanes (Iceland)
  • Thule district (Northwest Greenland)
  • Buldir Island (Aleutian Isl.)
  • Talan Island (Okhotsk Sea)
  • Buldir Island (Aleutian Isl.)
  • Gannets Island (Canada)
  • Hornøya (Norway)
  • Isle of May (Scotland)
  • Saint George Isl. (Alaska)
  • Middleton (Alaska)
  • Saint Lazaria (Alaska)
  • Aiktak Island (Aleutian Isl.)
  • Buldir Island (Aleutian Isl.)
  • Talan Island (Okhotsk Sea)