Whale Observations from the British, Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE) voyages 1929-30 and 1930-31

Occurrence Observation
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Description

Observations of whales collated from the logs of the two British, Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Reaserch Expedition (BANZARE) voyages 19-Oct-1929 to 1-April-1930 and 22-Nov-1930 to 19-Mar-1931. Covers six whale species - Blue, Fin, Sei, Minke, Orca and Humpback. Any whale observations which were not identified at the species level have been excluded from this collection.

Data Records

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Australian Antarctic Data Centre. Whale Observations from the British, Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE) voyages 1929-30 and 1930-31.

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GBIF Registration

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Keywords

Occurrence; Observation; Occurrence

External data

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Point of truth metadata record https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/ASAC_140 ASCII DIF 9.9

Contacts

T. Harvey Johnston
  • Originator
  • Senior Biologist
British Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE)
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DATA OFFICER AADC
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Johnathan Kool

Geographic Coverage

British, Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Reaserch Expedition (BANZARE) voyages 19-Oct-1929 to 1-April-1930 and 22-Nov-1930 to 19-Mar-1931.

Bounding Coordinates South West [-66.983, 19.669], North East [-36.947, 177.002]

Temporal Coverage

Start Date / End Date 1929-10-21 / 1931-03-10

Additional Metadata

Purpose
Alternative Identifiers 964dd900-f762-11e1-a439-00145eb45e9a
https://data.aad.gov.au/ipt/resource?r=banzare_whales