Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) return to Cumberland Bay, South Georgia, one century after the peak of whaling

• Published in: Marine Mammal Science
• Main Authors: Jackson, Jennifer A., Kennedy, Amy S., Bamford, Connor C.G., Hart, Ian, Martin, Stephanie, MacDonald, Darryl, Moore, Michael M., Carroll, Emma L.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2024
• Subjects: Antarctic; Southern Ocean; Pacific; South Georgia Island; Grytviken; Fortuna; Cumberland Bay; Antarc*; Balaenoptera musculus; baleen whales; Megaptera novaeangliae; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/535540/; https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/535540/1/Marine%20Mammal%20Science%20-%202023%20-%20Jackson%20-%20Humpback%20whales%20%20Megaptera%20novaeangliae%20%20return%20to%20Cumberland%20Bay%20%20South%20Georgia%20.pdf; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/mms.13050

South Georgia island in the sub-Antarctic waters of the South Atlantic is where modern whaling began in Southern Ocean waters in the early twentieth century (Tønnessen & Johnsen, 1982). By 1900, historical and modern whaling had drastically reduced or effectively wiped out some populations of ba...