Sighting surveys from a ship and a helicopter in the Weddell Sea in 2006/07 and 2008/09

• Main Authors: Kock, K.H., Herr, H., Scheidat, M., Braeger, S., Lehnert, K., Lehnert, L.S., Verdaat, J.P., Williams, R., Siebert, U., Boebel, O.
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: International Whaling Commission 2010
• Subjects: Life Science; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Weddell Sea; Neumayer; Neumayer Station; South Shetland Islands; Weddell; Atka; Maud Rise; Elephant Island; Antarc*; baleen whales
• Online Access: https://research.wur.nl/en/publications/sighting-surveys-from-a-ship-and-a-helicopter-in-the-weddell-sea-

Helicopter and shipboard surveys were conducted for cetaceans in the Weddell Sea from the German research vessel ‘Polarstern’. The first survey in 2006/07 started south of South Africa, went to Neumayer Station in Atka Bay (70°29.6’ S/07°57.6’ W), crossed the Weddell Sea from Neumayer to south of El...