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Humpback whales point the way

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Description

In September 2016 Hub researchers undertook a survey of the benthic fauna of the Freycinet Marine Park with an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV). While there, they encountered a significant number of Humpback whales that were passing through on their southward migration to Antarctic feeding grounds for summer.

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