Resighting of a Narwhal (Monodon monoceros) Instrumented with a Satellite Transmitter

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Heide-Jørgensen, M.P., Dietz, R., Laidre, K.L., Nicklen, P., Garde, E., Richard, P., Orr, J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2009
• Subjects: narwhal; Monodon monoceros; satellite transmitter; resighting; Arctic; age; growth; tusk; narval; émetteur satellite; repérage; Arctique; âge; croissance; defense; Baleine; Grandi; la Baleine; Lancaster Sound; Retour; Somerset Island; The Tusk; Arctique*; Creswell Bay; narwhal*
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/63115

On 9 August 2001, a male narwhal (Monodon monoceros) was instrumented with a satellite transmitter attached to the dorsal side of the tusk in Creswell Bay on Somerset Island in the Canadian High Arctic. The whale was identified five years later, on 22 June 2006, in a photo of a group of narwhals tak...