Bowhead whale surfacing in Isabella Bay on Baffin Island

Isabella Bay: In the Realm of the Bowhead Whale

Isabella Bay: In the Realm of the Bowhead Whale

We never entered Isabella Bay. Instead, our expedition ship cruised past the entrance, looking into a huge sweep of Arctic coastline on the northeastern side of Baffin Island. There was no sea kayaking here and no close approach into the bay itself, and there was a very good reason for that.