Earlier Sightings of Humpback Whales in Antarctica

Nigel Bonner has documented sightings of humpbacks Megaptera novaeangliae off the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula which seem to indicate some recovery of stocks ( Oryx 16, 3: 231–232). It may therefore be worth placing on record the following sightings of this species made from Argentine Islan...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Oryx
Main Author: Kinnear, Peter
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1982
Subjects:
Nature and Landscape Conservation
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Antarctic
The Antarctic
Antarctic Peninsula
Argentine
Argentine Islands
Antarc*
Antarctica
British Antarctic Survey
Megaptera novaeangliae
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0030605300018093
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0030605300018093
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Summary:Nigel Bonner has documented sightings of humpbacks Megaptera novaeangliae off the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula which seem to indicate some recovery of stocks ( Oryx 16, 3: 231–232). It may therefore be worth placing on record the following sightings of this species made from Argentine Islands for 1970/72, when I was stationed at the British Antarctic Survey base.

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