Lost Highway Not Forgotten: Satellite Tracking of a Bowhead Whale (Balaena mysticetus) from the Critically Endangered Spitsbergen Stock

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Lydersen, Christian, Freitas, Carla, Wiig, Øystein, Bachmann, Lutz, Heide-Jørgensen, Mads Peter, Swift, René, Kovacs, Kit M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2012
• Subjects: bowhead whale; Balaena mysticetus; satellite tracking; habitat use; first-passage time; baleine boréale; repérage par satellite; utilisation de l’habitat; temps du premier passage; Baleine; Arctic; Fram Strait; Spitzberg; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/67214

The Spitsbergen bowhead whale stock is critically endangered. It is believed to number in the tens. Here we report results from the first satellite transmitter ever deployed on an individual from this stock. A female whale was tagged on 3 April 2010 (at 79˚54' N, 01˚03' E), but no location...