capelin
noun
cap·e·lin
ˈka-p(ə-)lən 
: a small northern sea fish (Mallotus villosus) of the smelt family
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Twenty-two species show up during this period, coming to feed on krill, capelin, and squid in the tens of thousands.
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Jennifer Billock, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Oct. 2023
The capelin rear guard, sensing danger, rose off the bottom in a great fleeing cloud.
—Robert Kunzig, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
And here, in a stretch of the Arctic Ocean 400 kilometers north of where they’d ever been seen before: capelin.
—WIRED, 24 June 2023
To Merten, the evidence of so many capelin so far north is a bold sign of a worrying Arctic phenomenon: Atlantification.
—WIRED, 24 June 2023
And here, in a stretch of the Arctic Ocean 250 miles north of where they’d ever been seen before: capelin.
—William Von Herff, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 June 2023
Canada's Capelin Roll Each year around the summer solstice (June 20th this year), the beaches of Newfoundland and Labrador explode in silvery sparkles as millions of capelin fish arrive in the shallows to spawn.
—Emily Matchar, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Feb. 2020
Iceland’s economy is on the cusp of a recession, partly because an important export, the capelin fish, vanished this year in search of colder waters.
—Liz Alderman, New York Times, 9 Aug. 2019
And cod, which this year brought in record profits of $1 billion, feed on capelin.
—Kendra Pierre-Louis, New York Times, 29 Nov. 2019
Jennifer Billock, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Oct. 2023
The capelin rear guard, sensing danger, rose off the bottom in a great fleeing cloud.
—Robert Kunzig, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
And here, in a stretch of the Arctic Ocean 400 kilometers north of where they’d ever been seen before: capelin.
—WIRED, 24 June 2023
To Merten, the evidence of so many capelin so far north is a bold sign of a worrying Arctic phenomenon: Atlantification.
—WIRED, 24 June 2023
And here, in a stretch of the Arctic Ocean 250 miles north of where they’d ever been seen before: capelin.
—William Von Herff, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 June 2023
Canada's Capelin Roll Each year around the summer solstice (June 20th this year), the beaches of Newfoundland and Labrador explode in silvery sparkles as millions of capelin fish arrive in the shallows to spawn.
—Emily Matchar, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Feb. 2020
Iceland’s economy is on the cusp of a recession, partly because an important export, the capelin fish, vanished this year in search of colder waters.
—Liz Alderman, New York Times, 9 Aug. 2019
And cod, which this year brought in record profits of $1 billion, feed on capelin.
—Kendra Pierre-Louis, New York Times, 29 Nov. 2019
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