The humpback whale that experts have tracked via a satellite tracking device since November, seems to be heading back home to Iceland after having spent two weeks near the coast of the Dominican Republic. According to Morgunblaðið the whale is swimming at a considerable speed back north.
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The animal was tagged near Hrísey island, located in Eyjafjörður fjord in North Iceland, on November 10th, and arrived to the coast of the Dominican Republic in late February. Scientists at the Icelandic Marine Research Institute tracked the animal daily as it made its long-distance journey southward.
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Gísli Víkingsson, an expert on whales working for the Marine Research Institute, says the humpback only spent two weeks in the breeding grounds before heading back north, a fact that is at odds with prior knowledge. According to Gísli experts believed humpback whales spent around six months in low-latitude breeding grounds before migrating back to their feeding grounds in the north.
The humpback whale that experts have tracked via a satellite tracking device since November, seems to be heading back home to Iceland after having spent two weeks near the coast of the Dominican Republic. According to Morgunblaðið the whale is swimming at a considerable speed back north.
Read more: An Icelandic humpback escapes the grim winter and swims to the Dominican Republic
The animal was tagged near Hrísey island, located in Eyjafjörður fjord in North Iceland, on November 10th, and arrived to the coast of the Dominican Republic in late February. Scientists at the Icelandic Marine Research Institute tracked the animal daily as it made its long-distance journey southward.
Read more: Video: National Coast Guard frees humpback whale caught in local fisherman’s net
Gísli Víkingsson, an expert on whales working for the Marine Research Institute, says the humpback only spent two weeks in the breeding grounds before heading back north, a fact that is at odds with prior knowledge. According to Gísli experts believed humpback whales spent around six months in low-latitude breeding grounds before migrating back to their feeding grounds in the north.
