Happywhale - Humpback whale in Arctic Ocean

Happywhale and contributors

Happywhale.com is a resource to help you know whales as individuals, and to benefit conservation science with rich data about individual whales.

N/A

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 1015 contributors in alphabetic order:

Aart Monster; Achille Decat; Adam Goldwyn; adam maire; Adelie Xiaohang Li; Adrian Boyle; Adrian Neubert; Adrian Parrott; Adrian Tam; Alan Manaton; Alan Stewart Holmes; Albert Hamberg; Alby; Alessandro Ballabio; Alessandro Bocchetti; Alessandro Romancino; Alex+++; Alexander Mir Hashimi; Alexander Scharff; Alexandra; Alexandra Blia; Alexandre Lhériau; Alexandre Spaeth; Alexis Guy; Alex Sinclair Lack; Alfredo González Roig; Alice Gnugnoli; Alicia Jackson; Alicia Rodríguez Juncá; Alison Sole; Allan Finney; Allied Whale North Atlantic Humpback Whale Catalog; Allison Chen; Alma Rocio Arechiga Munoz; Amandine DELCOUR; Ana; Ana Parreira; Anastasia; Andrea; Andrea Abategiovanni; Andrea Forti; Andreas Geislinger; Andreas mz; Andreas Zotz; Andrea Young; Andrej Sesic; Andrew Clew; Andrew Newlun; Andrew Silton; Andrew Stewart; Andy Coleman; Andy Richardson; Andy Rose; Angela Bowler; Angela Christel Heidel; ANGEL SOLE; Anita Rude; Anja Robanke; Anke Kugelstadt; Anke Nijs; Anna Astafurova; Anna Cui; Anna Hebronovs; Anna Huber; Anna Kelly Lawless; Anna Koh; Anna S; Anna Wienen; Anna Z; Anne Dawson; Anne Hobbs; Anne Neufang; Anne Sauve; Annette Bombosch; Annie Moore; annieyu2304; AnninaS; Antoine Viot; Anton van den Eijnden; Ariea Vermeulen; Arlette Zahn; Arna Snorradóttir; Arne Helmtag; Arthur Laux; Astrid Füllemann; audrey bullock; Audrey Stephens; Aurelie_Jambon; Austin Wyatt; Autumn Mueller; Avner Chen; B; Babsi Neubarth; Barbara Anne Brandon; Barbara Boden; Barbara Gawlak; Barbara Hess; Bartek; Bartosz Dziewit; Bassem Khalil; Beatriz Benares; Becker Juergen; Benedikt Dötter; Bengt Lanner; Ben Lewis; BENOIT ABRASSART; Benoit Hardonniere; Benoit Nabholz; Bernd Faulstich; Bettina; Bill Reith; Billy Smith; Bim Team; Bjarne Jensen; Bjørn Barfoed; Bob Buchanan; BobH; Bob Ukiah; Boigné Baptiste; Bonnie Gretz; Borbala; Boyd Taylor; brad siviour; Brenda de Vries; Brennig Hughes; Britta Hagedorn; Britta Werner; Bruce Lukey; bsobor; Bubos Bubowitch; Calle Schönning; Cameron Wynhof; Camille Holmes; Camilo Rada; Carina Gsottbauer; Carlos Rincon; Caroline Hodgkiss; Caroline Kostyal; Carsten Sperling; Cassandra; Cassandra Ruiz; Catalin Gheorghe; Catherine Fend; Catherine Harris; Cecilia Padilha; Cees Tineke; Chanda Eckman; Chaozhong; Charles Fox; Charles Lavin; Charles Lyne; Charlotte Kirchner; Charlotte Taplin; Chelsea Lee; Cherese Taggart; Chiara Formolo; Chiara Mazzu; Chris Briggs; Chris Croxson; Chris Kearns; Christian Aichmayr; Christian Engelke; Christian Haun; Christian Thrane; Christina Eland; Christina Grieve; Christina Winkler; Christopher Pankhurst; Christoph Fritz; Chris Wallbank; Chrys Tremththanmor; Chuck Olson; Chuqiao Guo; Cindy Asselbergs; Cindy Pettway; CK; ClaesC; Clara Landler; Clara Pignataro; Clif; Colin McDonald; Colleen O; Conor Ryan; Corbin LeGrand; Corina Simon; Cristina Amanda Tur; Cyril Souaid; Daan Viering; Daisy Yang; Dan; Danette Mohr; Dani Abras; Daniel; Daniela; Daniela Dolce; Daniel Crowder; Danielle VanPool; Daniel Müller; Daniel Sorkau; Daniel Stevens; Daniel Vancura; Danilo Foresti; DarrenJew; Darren Wilson; Darryl Ryan; Dave Matlin; David Bradley; David German; David Johnson; David Ladiges; David Robinson; Dawn Thompson; Debra Hartsfield; Declan Troy; Delfina Saldaña; Deniz Günaydin; Dennis Boon; Derek Blyth; Devienne Gilles; diego; Dilan Patel; Dil Wetherill; Dimitri Vitkin; DIngeon; Dirk-Jan Saaltink; Dirk van Zandwijk; Dmitrii Kiselev; Dochia stefan; Domenic Böck; Dominic Bohler; Dominic Gravina; Dominika Sz; Dominik Thamm; Domininc Barrington; Dominique Vening; Don Hutchinson; Don Lerner; Doug Gould; Dr. Sascia Hoffmann; DuraWhale; Eckhard; Eden Zang; Edoardo; Edoardo Americano; Eivind Aksnes; Elaine Purnell; Elena Dogl; Elena Fernandez; Elena Portabales Meijide; Eleonora Pessina; Elia Vettorato; Elie Vannier; Eline De Raedt; Eliott Lehoux; Elísabet Ýr Guðjónsdóttir; Elizabeth Leeds; Elizabeth Szekeres; Elke Nijst; Ella-Maria Nutti; Ellen Klein; Elma; Elodie; Elya Holmes; Emile de Boer; Emil Enchev; Emilia Mussoni; Emilio Alvarez Robles; emma; Emma Fillol; Emma House; Emma Luck; Emmanuelle Peyredieu; Emma Roschnik; Enaitz; Enrico Hoefer; Eric Clark; Eric ROURE; Erin Sneider; Eugene; Eva Gomez; Evelyn; Evgenia; Fabian Meyee; Fabian Schmalzried; Fabio; Fabiola; Fanny; Federico Arribere; Fernando Herrero; Ferreira Paulo; Filippo Pulga; Fiona Gray; Flavien Dubourg; Florentine Guinot; Florian Orians; Fons Zijdenbos; Fontae Franks; francesco maniero; françois; Frank J.; Frank Müller; Františka Klepárníková; Fränzi Hofmann; freddy karlsson; Fredrik Aurell; Fredrik Broms; Fred Zeytoonjian; freya lu; Gabriela Aranguren; Gabriel Lett Viviani; Gael flamme; gaidet; Gail Cousins; Garðar Þröstur Einarsson; Garry Bray; Gary Nunn; Gasper Kreft; Geffen family; GE GAO; Geir Hareide Hansen; GERALDINE MINGUET; Gerold Studer; Ghada; Gijs Maas; Gio Pog; Gisela Solà Boloix; Giulia Spadoni; Giulio Tiberio; Giuseppe Bagnara; Gizella Spencer; Glenn Phillips; GordieBryce; Gordon Riddell; Grant Hewitt; Gregory MELLARE; Gregory Roden; Greig Smith; Greta Henderson; Guido Ciapetti; Guido Kraemer; GunBritt Alneroth; Gustavtangtarpgaardhartkopf; Gwenn; Hang Yu; Hannah Gatenby; Hannah Schlueter; Hanna Michel; Hannes Büchner; hannes heylen; Hans-Joachim Rudolph; Harold Moses; Harriet Stevenson; Hazel Pittwood; Heidi Coyle; Heidi Krajewsky; Heiko Teiken; Helena Connors; Helen Wing; Henk Kamstra; Henrik Hundahl; Henrik Thiel; Hermann Latzel; Herman Sips; Herman Verbeek; Herve Sibert; Hilda Oostekamp; Holly Lumley; Horst; Hua Guo; Husavik Research Centre; Húsavík Whale Museum; Ian Gordon; ian roberts; Icko Iben; Ijakovs Samusonoks; Ilja; Inge Pietjouw; Irati Maruri; Irene Abad Gamero; Irene Steininger; Irina; Iris Goldbach; Irish Whale and Dolphin Group (IWDG); Isabella Clegg; Isak Lyberth; Ishani Sheth; Izzy Keeler; J; Jacob Panzner; Jacob Thys; Jacqueline Kroeger; Jakub Górniak; James Croan; James English; James Evans; James F C Hyde IV; James Leaton; James Mcnicol; Jamie Coleman; Jamie Lafferty; Jan Kajzar; Jan Kowalski; Jan Maasland; Jan Mašinda; Janne Kangaspunta; Jannick Petersen; Jann Mayer; Jan-Philip Sasse; Jan Schwebel; Jan Smith; Javier Cotin; Javier Sevillano Monzó; Javier Solis; Jayne Beers; Jeff Litton; Jeff Reynolds; Jeff Singleton; Jekaterina Kolesnikova; Jenifer; Jennifer Chillemi; Jenny Yang; Jens Kaireit; Jérôme JACOB; Jessica Nash; Jim Chiboucas; Jimmy Day; Jim Parks; Jim T; Jim Wilson; Jin Cao; Jinou Zhang; Jiří Wünsche; Joan Daunis; Joanna Clegg; Job Smit; Joe Arceneaux; Joellen Gregory; Joel Moore; John Christopher Barton; John Cottey; John Dickens; John House; JOHN KNUTSSON; John Lloyd; John Mina; John Neukamm; John Z.; John Zisko; Jolisa Hollander; Jonas Astrup; Jonas Gothmann; Jonas Pröschel; Jonas Rombach; Jonathan Damick; Jonathan Falk; Jonathan Nicholls; Jonathan Rempel; joost vaeyens; Jorge Hera; Joris Stiegler; Josef Wolf; Josephine Yip; Joy Geeraerts; Joy Martinello; Joy van der Beek; Juan Manuel García Cambeiro; Juan Pablo Protti; Judith Scott; Judit Roch; Jukka Mäkiaho; Julia; Julia Jayne; Juliane Schlei; Julian Vrohlings; Julia Yr Thorvaldsdottir; Julie Chadwick; Julie Cronin; Julie Skyte; Juliette Leclercq; Juliette Schmidt; Julie Winn; Jüri; Jurjen; Jus Pa; Justin Wright; Kaitlin Kenny; karen hougaard; karen McMullen; Karen Russell; Karina Vishnyakova; Karli Schwer; Karyna Villalba; Kate Sauvain; Kate Twomey; Kate Weston; Katherine Brill; Kathryn Rohan; Kathryn Wright; Katrin D; Katrin Schmidt; KATSIKAS Ioannis; Kayla Spencer; Keegan Marifern; Kefferstein Stéphane; Keith philpott; Kelly Magnuson; Kelly zhang; Ken Belt; Ken Jensen; KennethMeijer; Kenneth Tolopka; Ken Norman; Ken Wells; Kerstin Langenberger; Kevin; Kevin Baker; Kim Finn; Kirsten MacTaggart; Kirstina Dickerson; Kit Kovacs; Klara Mist Palsdottir; Klaus Beher; Konstantinos Kafritsas; Kristen Knudskov; Kristin Jedicke; Kristi Ryken; Kristjan Vilosius; Kristy Schulze; Krystyna Zawierucha; Kurt Methfessel; Kyle Aitchison; Kyle Shuman; Lacourbas cathy; LAMBIN Jean-Marc; Lars Maltha Rasmussen; Laura; Laura den Ouden; Laura Otýpková; Laura Vink; Laura Whyte; Laurence Fischer; Laurens; Laurie Horsfall; Lawrence Piercy; Leah Adams; Leendert; Lei Lei; Lena Nicola; Lene Zachariassen; Lennart; Leonhard Loimer; Leonhard Peters; Leroy Hoftijzer; Lesley Pettigrew; Leslie Stueben-Trumphour; Lexa Yamre; Liga Strausa; Lilian Woltinge; Lilli van Wielink; Lily Mae Pinner; Linda Bonnevier; Linda Gothard; Lisa Canderhed; Lisa Gleason; Lisa Hildebrand; Lisa Roudabush; Lisa Zhang; Lise-Lotte Jongerius; LIU YING; Liv Weinert; liyuan dong; Liz Stagg; Lizza Boitard-Thomas; Loes de Heus; Loic Egloff; Lomvi; Lorenzo Maria Caminada; Lori; Lotte; Louisa Scheiner; Louise Dominey; Luca Betti; Luca Hochreutener; Lucia K; Lukas Menzi; Lyuboslava Dimitrova; Macsens; Maëva Accart; Maggie Spikes; Maia Green; Malcolm Clark; Malte Lechert; Manfred Dannapfel; Manfred Moormann; Manja Richter; Manon; Manuela Nemela; mara; Mara Lion; Marc Gose; Marc Lauwers; Marco K; Marco Muellet; Marco Schütze; Marc petrini; Marc Schmitt; MARC SELLERS; Marcus Bergström; Margrét Ósk Elíasdóttir; Maria Milner; Marian Herz; Marian Kuric; Maria Slavina; Maricela Alaniz; Marieke Brand-Heida; Marielle Janotta; Marijke Nita de Boer; Marika Marnela; Marilia Olio; Marilyn Burgess; Marina Demartini; Marin Mikulic; Marion Dopfer; Marion JONCHERES; Marion Poupard; Marjan Willemsen; Marjolein Meijdam; Mark Callahan; Mark Harris; mark thurston; Marley Watkins; Marta Filippini; Marta Morera; Martha; Martha Gray; Martin; Martina Häberle; Martina Mikušova; Martina Riccio; Martine; Martin Kemper; Martin Kleinsteuber; Martin Wellmann; Martyna Urbanczyk; Mary Keenan; Mary & Ken Campbell; Marzena; Mathew Hembury; Mathilde Hoogerwerf; Matt Cox; Matteo Cattaneo; Matteo Foiadelli; Matthew Perilstein; Matthew Tranter; Matthias; Matthias De Kimpe; Matt McDermit; Matts Ekman; Maud troupinon; Max b; Maximilian Rehn; Maximilian Werner; Maxim Triay; Max Poppe; Max Richter; Max Schweiger; Megan Carrow; Mehak Samnani; Melody Dusastre; Menno Schaefer; Merle Anders-Meyn; Michael Ackermann; Michael Allred; Michael A Wood; Michael Mendelson; Michael Rosenberg; Michael Schnee; Michael Scott; Michael Smith; Michael Sterling; Michael van Santen; Michael Whittlinger; MichaP; Michelle van Dijk; Michel Pierfitte; Mick Peerdeman; Miguel Alberty; Mike Lawler; Mike Miller; Mike OConnor; Mingyue Liu; Miquel Garriga Carner; Mirella Meister; Miriam Heisler; Miriam van Hees; Mirko Reichert; Molly Robinson; Molly Shepard; Mona Beate Wendelborg; Mona Wong; Monica Kolb; Monika Trümper; Moritz Reisch; Mouser Williams; Mrs Jo Richardson; MS Fram; MS Fridtjof Nansen; MS Maud; MS Otto Sverdrup; MS Roald Amundsen; MS Spitsbergen; Nacho Oria; Nadine Fabeck; Nadine Hunziker; Nana Socas; Natascha; Natascha Klein; Nate Crosby; Neil Michels; Neil Swanson; Nicholas Annichiarico; Nicholas Figueiredo; Nick Page; Nicola Crouch; Nicolas Andrillon; Nicolò morselli; Nigel kendall; Nikki; Niklas Astrom; Nils; Nils Kirsch; Nils Schönwald; Nina Ciemniak; NOAA National Marine Mammal Laboratory (NMML); Noam Jans; Nora Andenmatten; Ocean Missions; Ocean Wildlife Encounters; Olaf Pignataro; Oliver Vossen; Olivia Capeillere; Olivia Turecki; Olivier Blaud; Olivier Ramsayer; orion agustus albrecht; Pablo; Pascal Mauerhofer; Patrick Carl Smith; Patrick Ruf; Patrick Scherer; Patrick Trimpin; Pat Sanders; Paulina Kempa; Pauline van Monsjou; Paul Kenyon; Paul Soulby; Paul Wan; Per Nikolaj Bukh; Pernille Roungkvist; Per Olsson; Peter Abt; Peter Carstens; Peter Clement; Peter eussen; Peter Gagarin; Peter Otto Zours; Petra Glardon; Petri Hakosalo; Petr Petrik; Philippe Jeanty - †; Philipp Herrmann; Philip Spriet; PHLin; photo contributor June 2022; Pim Wolf; Pius Hübl; Pupanoid; Qi Wan; Queloz; Quentin Peng; Querine van Grinsven; Quiro; R A; Rachael Barber; Rachael Talibart; Rachel Gershon; Rachel Rickett; Radovan Sutora; Rafael Martins; Ragna Ólöf Guðmundsdóttir; Raina Burke; Rand Rudland; Raphael Royer; Raquel Martínez; Ravi G; Rayann Elzein; Rebecca Bilbrey; Rebecca Charbauski; Rebecca Malkewicz; Rebecca Niemiec; Régis PERDRIAT; René König; Renno Hokwerda; Rhonda Sprigg; Richard Allan; Richard Byam-Cook; Richard Lovelock; Richard Taylor; Richard van Gils; Richard Walker; Richard White; rick; Robert Anthony Chapman; Robert Foubister; Robert J Glowitz; Robert Wälter; Rob Gons; Robin Fox; Robyn Akre; Robyn Malcolm; Rod; Rodrigo A. Martinez Catalan; Rod White; Roger Lewin; Roger Manley; Roger Puig i Jorba; Rolf Moeller; Romane R; Ron Gates; Rosa M. Coronas; Rose Pupel; Rosie Barrett; Roswitha Leikauf; Rowan; Roxanna Camfferman; Roxhens; Russian Cetacean Habitat Project; Ruth Caguicla; Ruud; Sabine; Sabine Griesser; Sabrina Roofthooft; Sais Céline; Sally Horowitz; Samantha Mundorff; Samantha Wormley; Samanvitha Rao; Sam Donck; Samuel Hall; Samuel Thorsteinsson; Sandeep; Sandra Schmidt-Bellinghoff; Sandra Zijlstra; Sanjay Patel; Sannah Gumbel; Sarah; Sarah Tranmer; SARANO francois; Sara Pasqualotto; Sara Vojvodic; Saritdee K; Sascha. Lohaus; Sasha Gamble; scott s; Scott Sleeper; Sea Fever Productions; Sebastian Lundsgaard Maclean; Sebastian Shaw; sewaris212@poverts.com; Shannon; Shantala Wentink; Sheila Miller; Siairra Tharp; Sigrún Helgudóttir; Silvia Forgione; Simonasnasel; Simon Brown; Simon Collett; Simon F; Simon Salter; Simon Smith; Simon Stachelscheid; Sina Grünenfelder; Slater T Moore; Sofie; Sophie Carr; Sophie Clements; Sophie lecrique; Soyer; Spencer Lee; Spencer Weaver; Stacey Colebaugh; Stacey Matthews; Stefan F; Stefan Herold; Stefanie Zumdick; Stefan Kaeser; Stefan Schnettler; Stefan Spalke; Steffen Biersack; Steffen G.; Steffen Oehme; Steffo Polar; Stelios Lainas; Stephan Uhlemann; Stephen Graham; Stephen King; Stephen Kuo; Stephen Martin; Steve Jones; Steven dos-Remedios; Steven Straubinger; Steve Willetts; Stuart Ritchie; Suki Niu; Sumedh Hoskote; Susan Smith; suse kuhn; Suzanne Wafer; Svenja Stoehr; Sven Rohtla; SwissAndrew; Taco; Tamina Schaner; Tanja; Tarrah; Ted Creek; Terence Goodchild; Teresa Blase; Terry Slade; Teun Verhagen; Therese Horntrich; The travellers; Thierry Gauthier; Thijs van Uffelen; Thomas Gruber-Ludwig; Thomas Kraemer; Thomas Podesta; Thomas Whittell; Thom Held; Tiffany Fare; Tiffany Zamolsky; Tim Farrand; Tim Martin; Tim Shaw; Tim Wright; Tiyasa Samanta; Tjomme Dooper; Tobias Brehm; Tobias Mallinger; Tobias Paul; Todd Hills; Todd Wheeler; Tom odbert; Tom Wechsler; Tony Littler; Tressarieu; Trevor Blanning; Trine Rilorin; Troels Windfeldt; Tudor Morgan; Tyler Hall; Ugo Briasco; UILLEAM FRASER; Ulrike Klauser; Ursula Brändle; Vaibhavi K; valentina; Valerie Cross; Valeriia Ulianina; Vanessa Jeannin; Vanessa Maier; Vera Mattner; Vera Steinke; Vicki Beaver; Victoria K; Vid Legradic; Viktoria Muehlbauer; Vincent N Visser; Virgil Reglioni; Virginia Bria; Vittoria Sesani; Vivario Manuela; Vladimir Burkanov; vro181; wang yanbei; Wannes; W de Goede; Whale Watching Akureyri; Whale Wise; Wilfried Schnessl; Will Murphy; Wills Wan; Wolfgang Falter; Wouter Verwee; Wout Schuttert; Y; Yannick Nagel; Yannick Rösch; Yann Lemoine; Yaron Zalel; Years of the North Atlantic Humpback whale (YoNAH); Yenlin Yu; Yevhenii Bespoiasko; yinlvhan; Yorick Pieters; Yuan; Yuki Rouwe; Yuri Choufour; Yuval K; Yves Roumazeilles; Zac Brown; Zachary Smith; zhaosi; Zuzanna

Overview

This section explains attributes included in the original dataset. OBIS-SEAMAP restricts the attributes available to the public to date/time, lat/lon and species names/counts only. Should you need other attributes described here, you are encouraged to contact the data provider.

Attributes described below represent those in the original dataset provided by the provider.
All attributes are included in the downloadable file (CSV or ESRI File Geodatabase) for "Complete Set of Dataset".

Attributes in dataset

Attribute (table column)	Description
oid	Internal ID
type	Always 'Event'
modified	Last modified
language	Language. Always 'en'
institution_code	Institution code. Always 'Happywhale'
basis_of_record	Basis of record. Always 'HumanObservation'
occurrence_id	Occurrence ID assigned by Happywhale
catalog_number	Catalog number. A link to Happywhale
recorded_by	Person or organization who recorded the data
individual_count	Number of animal. Always 1
sex	Gender of the animal if known
preparations	Method of data collection. Always 'photograph'
occurrence_remarks	Occurrence remarks
organism_id	Organism/animal ID assigned by Happywhale
organism_name	Organism/animal name by provider
organism_remarks	Organism remarks
event_id	Event ID assigned by Happywhale
event_date	Date the picture was taken
event_time	Time the picture was taken in local time zone
higher_geography	Ocean the animal was seen
water_body	Details of ocean
locality	Location of ocean
verbatim_locality	Location of ocean described by the provider
decimal_latitude	Latitude in decimal degrees
decimal_longitude	Longitude in decimal degrees
geodetic_datum	Geodetic datum. Always 'EPSG:4326 WGS84'
coordinate_precision	Coordinate precision
scientific_name	Scientific name
taxon_rank	Taxon rank
vernacular_name	Common name
license	License for picture
rights_holder	Rights holder
external_resource	Link to the picture (mid size)
external_resource_thumb	Link to the picture (small size)