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New Light on an Elusive Species

Ocean Wise
June 18, 2018
Aquablog, Ocean Wise, Research Site - CORI, Vancouver Aquarium
Last week, the journal PLOS ONE published a study on the acoustic calls of narwhals, an elusive Arctic species whose day-to-day life we know very little about. Ocean Wise researcher Valeria Vergara, who spends ...

Arctic Field Notes: Narwhal Study

Vancouver Aquarium
September 29, 2017
Ocean Wise, Vancouver Aquarium
With only a short window of time to gather data, multiple teams from Ocean Wise spent their summer in the Arctic for ongoing research. Studies included the distribution of microplastics in Arctic waters; taggin...

Narwhal Study: Tags Deployed Pt 1

Vancouver Aquarium
August 24, 2016
Arctic Connections, Vancouver Aquarium
By Clint Wright, Vancouver Aquarium executive vice president & chief operating officer The weekend weather was picture perfect, with each spectacular morning sunrise heralding very warm temperatures thro...

Narwhal Study: Trundling Herd

Vancouver Aquarium
August 22, 2016
Arctic Connections, Vancouver Aquarium
By Clint Wright, Vancouver Aquarium executive vice president & chief operating officer We aren’t the only ones watching out for narwhals here in Tremblay Sound. Narwhal form an important part of the loca...

Narwhal Research 2015: Iceberg Watch

Vancouver Aquarium
August 23, 2015
Arctic Connections
There have been no narwhal sightings since last week, but the whales that we have seen are in much smaller groups and appear with much less frequency than further south.  There is debate over where these animal...
Vancouver Aquarium Arctic Narwhal reserach

Narwhal Research 2015: Making Camp

Vancouver Aquarium
August 13, 2015
Arctic Connections
With the winds in Grise Fiord finally calming down, we managed to depart Resolute Bay with another plane loaded with the last of our supplies and personal gear. The farther north you go, the harder and more exp...
Vancouver Aquarium Arctic Research

Narwhal Research 2015: Arctic Arrival

Vancouver Aquarium
August 11, 2015
Arctic Connections
We arrived in Resolute Bay last night after four flights and a very long day. We first left Ottawa at about 9 a.m. and arrived in Iqaluit at about 1 p.m., and as we stepped off the plane we were hit by a very w...

Narwhal: An Unexpected Player in the Unicorn Legend

Vancouver Aquarium
July 18, 2015
Vancouver Aquarium
Most people would never think of an Arctic whale when thinking of the unicorn, but it was the discovery of narwhal tusks that further perpetuated the legend of this mythical beast. For a time in Europe, narwhal...

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