Killer whale (Orcinus orca) photo identification database, 2013-2015

• Main Authors: Roth, Jim, Ferguson, Steve, Matthews, Cory
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Cryospheric Information Network 2016
• Subjects: Baffin Bay; Killer whale; Migration; Population dynamics; Spatial Distribution; Arctic; Newfoundland; Nunavut; Greenland; Tremblay; Admiralty Inlet; Tremblay Sound; Milne Inlet; Baffin; Iceland; Killer Whale; North Atlantic; Orca; Orcinus orca
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.21963/12641; https://www.polardata.ca/pdcsearch/?doi_id=12641

Killer whales are located by boat, usually after sightings reports are received from local hunters who tell us where to look for them. During all killer whale encounters, we photograph individual whales using digital SLR cameras. Images were collected using three Canon camera bodies (two EOS-ID Mark...