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#5ArcticActions: Help ice whales thrive

This week, Arctic governments are meeting in Norway to talk about Arctic biodiversity. But they need to do more than talk. They’ve invested in reams of excellent research on life in the Arctic – now they need to act! They’ll make commitments this April, when the United States begins its chairmanship of the Arctic Council. […]

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Tracking narwhals – July 2012

Well, after 10 months, the final narwhal radio has either fallen off or is malfunctioning! Not at all bad though, and the adult female still transmitting position signals into mid June was right up there as one of the longest datasets yet for telemetry/radio-tracking of this species!

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Tracking narwhals – Spring 2012

Visit the WWF narwhal tracker May 2012 As of May 13th, sea-ice in the Baffin Bay system is changing rapidly now, with already large areas of open water at the northern end (an area commonly referred to as the Northwater Polynya, where due to factors such as water circulation, wind and upwellings extensive areas of […]

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