Polar Bear Trials
Cruise plan
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | Polar Bear (74T8) |
| Cruise identifier | Trials |
| Cruise period | 2014-06-01 — 2014-06-10 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Akureyri, Iceland |
| Port of return | Brønnøysund, Norway |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | Jan Mayen Body condition trial. The objective of the research is to record data on the natural behavior of cetacean species (Northern bottlenose whale, blue whale, killer whale, humpback whale) in the waters ranging from Northern Iceland to Jan Mayen. Whales will be found at sea, and then approached for research data collection, including: photo-identification, biopsy sample collection, attachment of tags (ranging from 1-60 day durations), recording of underwater sounds, and playback of natural sounds using an underwater loud-speaker. |
| Chief scientist | Patrick Miller (University of St Andrews, School of Biology) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Greenland Sea Norwegian Sea |
| Specific | Jan Mayen. |
| Track charts |  (0.24 MB) |
