This Eastern Arctic seal is rare in Alaska's waters, but is documented from as far south as Prince of Wales Island (Fay, 1995). Records from the Beaufort Sea are summarized by Burns and Gavin (1980).

Literature Cited

• Burns, J. J. and Gavin, A., 1980. Recent records of hooded seals, Cystophora cristata Erxleben, from the western Beaufort Sea. Arctic, 33(2)326-329.
• Fay, F. H., 1995. An earlier Pacific record of a hooded seal. Marine Mammal Science, 11(3):415.