10.82144/1ed3152e 1f56aead-2e7c-4543-9b9f-67362fcabfc6 https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1757 988cd984-9166-44ab-83fb-e98ffe5735ef zd_1757 TedCheesemanHappywhale.comPrimary contact ted@happywhale.com https://happywhale.com OBIS-SEAMAP Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Duke University

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seamap-contact@duke.edu https://seamap.env.duke.edu distributor TedCheesemanHappywhale.comPrimary contact ted@happywhale.com https://happywhale.comownerTedCheesemanHappywhale.com ted@happywhale.com https://happywhale.comoriginator 2026-01-15 eng Original provider: Happywhale Dataset credits: Happywhale and contributors Abstract: Happywhale.com is a resource to help you know whales as individuals, and to benefit conservation science with rich data about individual whales. Marine BiologyPhotoID 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 55 contributors in alphabetic order: Adrian Boyle; Adrian Wood; Alex Searle; Andy Lawson; Arianna Fornaroli; Atlantiangra - whale watching; Barry Gutradt; Ben McCullough; Björn Wächter; Chad Carlson; Chloebrdl; Christina Frech; Cibrán Docampo Piñeiro; Corinne Eichler; Denise Woolton; Diana Palandri; Emilia Mussoni; Emma Lever; Espaço Talassa; Franck Hollander; Gal·la Edery; GordieBryce; Holly Patterson; Jason Denesevich; Jin Cao; John House; Julie Fesquet; Kimberly Nesbitt; Lobosonda; Lucho Verdesoto; Ludvig Zander; Luís MD Barcelos; Marilia Olio; Martina Bartolini; Matthew Messina; Melissa Martel; Mitch Doucet; MONICET; MS Spitsbergen; Nicoletta von Pauer; Nikki; Norbert; Ricardo Ventura; Rita Da Costa Leitão; Robert Wälter; Sandrine Papias; Sarah Kather; Sea Fever Productions; Svenja Stoehr; Tamara Nikolaishvili; Tanja; Thomas Goetz; TijsHans; Tom Veltman; Ulla Christina Ludewig This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC) 4.0 License. https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1757 Data extent -73.439811 65.144239 65.144239 21.741 2005-09-03 2025-09-22 Scientific names are based on the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). speciesBalaenoptera musculusBlue whale N/A weekly TedCheesemanHappywhale.comPrimary contact ted@happywhale.com https://happywhale.com NA NA NA TedCheesemanowner NA 2026-01-15T10:54:40-05:00 dataset Happywhale. 2026. Happywhale - Blue whale in North Atlantic Ocean. Version 1.4.0. Dataset published in OBIS-SEAMAP and originated from Happywhale.com. https://doi.org/10.82144/1ed3152e. Southerland, K., and T. Cheeseman. 2026. Happywhale encounter. OBIS-SEAMAP Dataset Page UTF-8 Interactive map https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1757 FGDC Metadata UTF-8 XML https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1757/fgdc EML Metadata UTF-8 XML https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1757/eml OBIS-SEAMAP zd_1757 zd_1757