The Bergen Minke Whale in Naples – The scientific relationship between Wilhelm Frimann Koren Christie and the Italian natural scientist Stefano delle Chiaje

• Main Author: Torino, Marielva
• Other Authors: Aslaksen, Knut Olav
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Universitetet i Bergen 2022
• Subjects: Naples; Bergen; Zoologica Museum; Stefano delle Chiaje; Mink whale; Skeleton; Christie; Wilhelm F.K; Koren; minke whale
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3113134

In the Grand Hall of the Zoological Museum of Naples, a skeleton of a minke whale – a Balaenoptera rostrata – is exhibited. It is only recently that the history of this whale has been reconstructed. This was the result of research conducted in connection with an extensive biography of the Italian sc...