Translation 2783

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o - nlpoc:iwP cameir, 6•- naPacaan caw.a: 0-110,
IIOf,On03PB.1L11( TtoYCllb; 2- GC.7CK; d- SOXB)'W::A^
B - cep6q.
:I,'i8. -1. "is'x'p l seals. a) Adult male; b) adult female;
c) sexually--imnature juvenile; d) belek (,.'i;sitecoat) ; e) k_hokhlushlca
(intermediate sta^_;e between belek and. serka); f) serka (bluesides).
B0-90 cm. 'The body weight of adults is up to 160 lcg, and that of
new-born pups averages 8 kg.
The ha7'p
seal is a typical dweller in the cold waters
of the Atlantic Ocean and. the- marginal zonos of drift--ice in the
Arctic Oce1n. 'Ohe western boundary of its ranee
2) runs from
the C,ulf of ai;. Lawrence and ^\ewfoundlarrd to the I,a.brador ï'enin:;ula
and northwestward to L-affin Island as far @-.s Lancaster ..,ound; -the
nortl,e)2n boundax,y is the surl::Ier limit of dri:CT,-ice in the k^anadian
Arctic, running approtimal;ely along ti,e parallel of 60o I41, and in
the Gl.'eel,lc.nd ,io,t from IloTthCCt,:,L•ern (:rc?C:nicsll^.t to i;ilU nor.Gil1•leatel'I-L
i,i.7> of :,pit:,bc,r„es, and thi,rl cln:stwLaxd alon,, t,.(- ed! u o.f ire- 1"ield
north of
Land and the archipelo.p:o of oevc1•nayrr
').'}1F` efI,Stet`11 boullilfl7'y of the :L`élIl ;'e ].'uns a1oI1,:; Lite 1•/l'Si,i'I'il t:il1e ol' the
archipel _s.f;o of ,;i v.ex'rsr.yr,. `,uin1/FC. 'Pilo r^soutiscrs, baun,i:^:r.y i:l dotca:mj.Iied
l^y l:nk, Ilo:slti.nn of the c:cl,;c ot