Hello everyone, the following paper has been recently published as a short communication: O. V. Shpak, D. M. Kuznetsova, and V. V. Rozhnov. 2013.Observation of the Gray Whale (Eschrichtius robustus) in the Laptev Sea. *Biology Bulletin*, 2013, Vol. 40, No. 9, pp. 797–800 Abstract: In the fall of 2011, two gray whales (*Eschrichtius robustus*) were observed to the west of the Novosibirskiye Islands archipelago during a scientific expedition on the Research Vessel “Mikhail Somov”. This is the first scientifically confirmed sighting of gray whales in the Laptev Sea. The range of the presence of this species in the Arctic shelf seas is extended more than 500 km to the west. In the near future, an areal expansion due to the climate changes in the Arctic is suggested. The paper can be accessed here: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1134/S1062359013090100<http://www.springer.com/alert/urltracking.do?id=L41f8ac0Mdcb1a3Sac07d88> Please contact me at ovshpak@gmail.com if you can't get access to the paper. Best regards, Olga Olga Shpak, PhD Research Associate The White Whale Program A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution 33, Leninsky prospect, Moscow 119071 Russia