Radar observations of northbound migration of the Arctic tern, Sterna paradisaea, at the Antarctic Peninsula

• Published in: Antarctic Science
• Main Authors: Gudmundsson, Gudmundur A., Alerstam, Thomas, Larsson, Bertil
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1992
• Subjects: Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Arctic; Bourgeois; Bourgeois Fjord; Marguerite; Marguerite Bay; Pourquois-pas; The Antarctic; Weddell; Antarc*; Antarctic Science; Arctic tern; Ice cap; Sterna paradisaea
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0954102092000257; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0954102092000257

An intensive migration of Arctic terns was observed from 7–9 March 1989 in Marguerite Bay (67°50'S 67°30'W). The movement pattern and speed of tern flocks were analysed from time-lapse films of a marine navigation radar. The terns migrated north at altitudes 30–60 m asl along the inner coa...