Collaborative field research using drones for whale photo-identification studies in Cumberland Sound, Nunavut1

• Published in: Drone Systems and Applications
• Main Authors: Brent G. Young, William R. Koski, Ricky Kilabuk, Cortney A. Watt, Kasey P. Ryan, Steven H. Ferguson
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 2022
• Subjects: bowhead; beluga; killer whale; Arctic; traditional ecological knowledge; baleine boréale; Motor vehicles. Aeronautics. Astronautics; TL1-4050; Baleine; Cumberland Sound; Nunavut; Pangnirtung; Beluga; Beluga*; inuit; Killer Whale; Killer whale
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1139/dsa-2021-0026; https://doaj.org/article/abd9a38b20904567b0f859b7b7e9570d

In conducting Arctic field research, hiring local field guides has long been a necessity for providing field teams with local knowledge and fundamental needs of boat operation and navigation, general field logistics/safety, and traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) of local animal distribution and...