What Is a Whale Graveyard?: Quick Facts

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Large, weathered bowhead whale bones lie scattered on a dark sandy beach at Jan Mayen Island, Norway, with a barren hillside in the background.

Rorqual whale skeleton on deep ocean floor near Davidson Seamount, surrounded by octopuses, fish, and bone-eating worms, with submersible equipment in the foreground.

A video showing the discovery and recovery of whale bones from the ocean floor using the remote arm from a submersible.

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