Feeding grounds of the eastern South Pacific humpback whale population include the South Orkney Islands

• Published in: Polar Research
• Main Authors: Dalla Rosa, Luciano, Felix, Fernando, Stevick, Peter T., Secchi, Eduardo R., Allen, Judith M., Chater, Kim, Martin, Anthony R., Bassoi, Manuela
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Bransfield Strait; Pacific; South Orkney Islands; Weddell; Antarc*; Humpback Whale; Megaptera novaeangliae; Polar Research
• Online Access: http://discovery.dundee.ac.uk/portal/en/research/feeding-grounds-of-the-eastern-south-pacific-humpback-whale-population-include-the-south-orkney-islands(f4ed12b2-5acf-49be-b3c0-98512234f5fa).html; https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v31i0.17324; http://hdl.handle.net/10588/f4ed12b2-5acf-49be-b3c0-98512234f5fa

This paper reports on two photo-identified humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) that were sighted in different years in the proximity of the South Orkney Islands, at the boundary between the Scotia and Weddell seas (60 degrees 54.5'S-46 degrees 40.4'W and 60 degrees 42.6'S-45 degr...