Bowhead Whale Recovery Reflects Century-Old Whaling Patterns
The research team analyzed historical logbooks from more than 700 whaling voyages, reconstructing their daily positions and hunting successes. “We found that whaling in the late 1700s spread rapidly across the Arctic, with whalers reaching all but the most isolated bowhead whale habitats within a century,” said senior author Professor Damien Fordham, from Adelaide University’s…
