Jen Jackson
@polarbiome.bsky.social
Marine biologist at British Antarctic Survey ❄️❄️❄️ (https://bsky.app/profile/antarcticsurvey.bsky.social)
PI: South Georgia Wild Water Whales 🐋🐋🐋 (https://bsky.app/profile/wildwaterwhales.bsky.social)
Big fan of the planet
https://www.bas.ac.uk/profile/jeck/
PI: South Georgia Wild Water Whales 🐋🐋🐋 (https://bsky.app/profile/wildwaterwhales.bsky.social)
Big fan of the planet
https://www.bas.ac.uk/profile/jeck/
Remaining Hungry Humpbacks team visited @bas.ac.uk before flying south 💙 @kenneders.bsky.social @jlkershaw.bsky.social @eva-mariab.bsky.social will collect photo-ID, skin samples & track humpback whales to study their feeding ecology, pregnancy status & habitat use 🐳 ❄️ @seamammalresearch.bsky.social
January 20, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Remaining Hungry Humpbacks team visited @bas.ac.uk before flying south 💙 @kenneders.bsky.social @jlkershaw.bsky.social @eva-mariab.bsky.social will collect photo-ID, skin samples & track humpback whales to study their feeding ecology, pregnancy status & habitat use 🐳 ❄️ @seamammalresearch.bsky.social
After FK ▶️
Six whales (3 ID'd females) went to Península Valdés calving ground, Argentina, for up to 3 months 🐳
Three males went foraging in the SW Atlantic, incl South Orkney & South Shetland islands, Scotia Sea &
Peninsula ❄️❄️
Nearly all foraged at the Patagonian Shelf in spring
3/3
Six whales (3 ID'd females) went to Península Valdés calving ground, Argentina, for up to 3 months 🐳
Three males went foraging in the SW Atlantic, incl South Orkney & South Shetland islands, Scotia Sea &
Peninsula ❄️❄️
Nearly all foraged at the Patagonian Shelf in spring
3/3
December 3, 2024 at 11:50 AM
After FK ▶️
Six whales (3 ID'd females) went to Península Valdés calving ground, Argentina, for up to 3 months 🐳
Three males went foraging in the SW Atlantic, incl South Orkney & South Shetland islands, Scotia Sea &
Peninsula ❄️❄️
Nearly all foraged at the Patagonian Shelf in spring
3/3
Six whales (3 ID'd females) went to Península Valdés calving ground, Argentina, for up to 3 months 🐳
Three males went foraging in the SW Atlantic, incl South Orkney & South Shetland islands, Scotia Sea &
Peninsula ❄️❄️
Nearly all foraged at the Patagonian Shelf in spring
3/3
Whales stayed locally for up to 2 months & mostly used the East #Falkland N/NE coast to breed & socialise 🐳🐳
🟩: Important Marine Mammal Area for right whales #IMMA
🔴: v slow movements, breeding/socialising
🟡: intermediate speed movements incl foraging
⚫: fast movements, travelling
2/3
🟩: Important Marine Mammal Area for right whales #IMMA
🔴: v slow movements, breeding/socialising
🟡: intermediate speed movements incl foraging
⚫: fast movements, travelling
2/3
December 3, 2024 at 11:47 AM