All identification photos taken of whales during the two blue whale voyages in the Bonney Upwelling, Januray and March 2012

All photos taken during the two Blue whale voyages undertaken in January and March 2012 in an attempt to get a best photo identification image of pygmy blue whales.

Whales from the January voyage are numbered sequentially beginning with 1; whales from the March voyage are numbered sequentially beginning with 101. The folder contains a best left side and a best right side photo of each whale (if available). Identification photos of whales where a dorsal fin was not visible are included only if there was a dorsal fin visible in a good identification photo of the other side of the whale.

Photo filenames include the photographer’s initials: CJ = Catriona Johnson DD = Dave Donnelly MD = Mike Double JS = Josh Smith NS = Nat Schmitt PE = Paul Ensor PO = Paula Olson RS = Rob Slade VAG = Virginia Andrews-Goff

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Temporal extent2012-01-12 – 2012-03-30
Date (publication)2017-09-22
Statuscompleted
Update frequencyasNeeded
Metadata languageen
LicenseThis metadata record is publicly available.
Source metadataISO 19115 XML
Last updated2026-11-05
Created2026-11-05
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