Eight whales, five hours (IMAGE)

Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Eight whales, five hours

Caption

This graphic show how researchers were able to simultaneously tracking multiple whales using fiber-optic cables in the Arctic, off the coast of Svalbard. The maps shows an overview of a 60 km long section of the cables, showing the positions and tracks of up to eight acoustically-detected whales, colour-coded from dark to light over a 5.1-hour period.

Credit

Graphic: Røstadbothnen et al. 2023. Front. Mar. Sci. 10:1130898.

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