Happywhale - Blue Whale in Arctic Ocean

Marine mammals abundance and distribution

Abstract: Happywhale.com is a resource to help you know whales as individuals, and to benefit conservation science with rich data about individual whales. Original provider: Happywhale Dataset credits: Happywhale and contributors Supplemental information: Sightings and images were submitted to Happywhale by contributors. A portion of the Happywhale data were transferred to OBIS-SEAMAP upon the agreement between Happywhale and OBIS-SEAMAP. There may be duplicate records among Happywhale datasets and other OBIS-SEAMAP datasets. The precision of date/time vary per record. Some records have date accuracy up to year only. This dataset includes sightings and photos from the following 50 contributors in alphabetic order: Adelie Xiaohang Li; Adrian Boyle; Alex Cowan; Andrew Emmerson; Ann; Annette Bombosch; Barbara Messner; Bart Van Gelder; Cees Tineke; Christian Engelke; Conor Ryan; Doug Cheeseman; Doug Gould; Elke; Greta Henderson; Hadleigh Measham; Hannah Brightley; Hans Verdaat; Heidi Krajewsky; Hondius; Jamie Coleman; Jeff Higgott; Jeff Reynolds; Jérôme JACOB; Joel Moore; Joy van der Beek; Katharina Stoll; Keely Crowder; Kerstin Langenberger; Léa Zinsli; Loes de Heus; Marian Herz; Marijke Nita de Boer; Marilia Olio; Marit Pedersen; Mary Want; Menno Schaefer; Nacho Oria; Olivier Blaud; Petra Glardon; Philip Stone; Philip van Dueren; Phil Schultz; Pippa Low; Rémi Bigonneau; Sara Jenner; Sophie Ballagh; Steffo Polar; Tobias Brehm; Ulf Velander

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Additional information

Temporal extent	2011-06-18 – 2024-08-07
Date (creation)	2022-11-15
Date (publication)	2022-11-15
Status	onGoing
Update frequency	asNeeded
Metadata language	en
License	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
Source metadata	ISO 19115 XML
Last updated	2026-11-04
Created	2026-11-04
API	package_show