New insights into the northward migration route of gray whales between Vancouver Island, British Columbia, and southeastern Alaska

• Published in: Marine Mammal Science
• Main Authors: Ford, John K. B., Durban, John W., Ellis, Graeme M., Towers, Jared R., Pilkington, James F., Barrett‐Lennard, Lance G., Andrews, Russel D.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2012
• Subjects: Archipelago; Alaska
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-7692.2012.00572.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1748-7692.2012.00572.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1748-7692.2012.00572.x

Abstract The route taken by northward migrating gray whales during spring between Vancouver Island and southeastern Alaska, a distance of about 575 km, has long been uncertain. It is generally believed that the whales closely follow the western, outer coastline of Haida Gwaii (formerly the Queen Cha...