East Siberian Sea East Siberian Sea The East Siberian Sea () is a marginal sea in the Arctic Ocean. It is located between the Arctic Cape to the north, the coast of Siberia to the south, the New Siberian Islands to the west and Cape Billings, close to Chukotka, and Wrangel Island to the east. This sea borders on the Laptev Sea to the west and the Chukchi Sea to the east. This sea is one of the least studied in the Arctic area. It is characterized by severe climate, low water salinity, and a scarcity of flora, fauna and human population, as
East Siberian taiga ("Canis lupus"), moose ("Alces alces") and wild reindeer ("Rangifer tarandus") in Russia. Further south mammals in the East Siberian taiga include Siberian musk deer ("Moschus moschiferus"), Altai wapiti also known as Asian elk ("Cervus canadensis sibiricus") and wild boar ("Sus scrofa"). Birds of this ecoregion include the golden eagle ("Aquila chrysaetos"), peregrine falcon ("Falco peregrinus"), osprey ("Pandion haliaetus"), black stork ("Ciconia nigra"), hooded crane ("Grus monacha"), carrion crow ("Corvus corone"), the Siberian blue and rufous-tailed robins ("Luscinia cyane" and "L. sibilans", respectively), the thrush nightingale ("Luscinia luscinia"), Pallas's rosefinch ("Carpodacus roseus"), Pacific swift ("Apus pacificus") and Baikal teal ("Anas formosa").