An opportunistic Marine Mammal survey between Harwich, UK and Rothera Research Station, Antarctica

• Main Authors: Mathews, Ryan, Frontier, Nadia
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre 2021
• Subjects: "EARTH SCIENCE","BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION","ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES","MAMMALS"; "EARTH SCIENCE","OCEANS","MARINE ENVIRONMENT MONITORING"; Atlantic; Dolphin; Marine Mammal; Southern Ocean; Whale; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Austral; Bird Island; King Edward Point; Rothera; Rothera Research Station; South Orkney Islands; Antarc*; Antarctica; Beaufort Sea; British Antarctic Survey
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5285/e50b1244-eed7-4bd9-a2ab-de1b172b69b3; https://data.bas.ac.uk/full-record.php?id=GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01587

An opportunistic marine mammal survey through the Atlantic Ocean between the UK and Antarctica was undertaken in November and December 2020. The RRS James Clark Ross, was used to transfer cargo and personnel for the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) from the UK to Rothera Research Station, Antarctica f...