WhaleNet, New England Aquarium, and THE MARINE ANIMAL LIFELINE in Maine

"Albert" Hooded Seal Satellite Tag# TBA

Data, Maps and Information Page

"Albert"
Hooded Seal (Cystophora cristata)

Release Date Tuesday, April 6, 1999 [Maps and Data below]

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Where is "Albert"?

• Data from "Albert's" satellite tag -

• Position Data - latitude and longitude fixes
• Dive Data
• Data archive - for all the Satellite tag data from Albert's tag go to WhaleNet's archives. Sort by thread and then scroll down and find Seal Data or Albert.

• Maps - Albert's present and past locations

• Release Location
  
• Tracking Map - More of Albert's past locations

• REPORTS on Albert's travels, his satellite tag and STRANDING HISTORY

• About the scientists
• About the tagging organization

About "Albert"

• Albert's stranding history

• Fact Sheet #1 - Information About Hooded Seals

• Fact Sheet #2 - Information About Increasing Seal Populations in the Gulf of Maine

• Fact Sheet #3- NEA Fact Sheet on Hooded Seals

• Hooded Seal information from the Marine Mammal Stranding Center

• Marine Animal Lifeline "Albert" Page

• Map Generator Generate your own maps of any location.
• Distance Generator - Determine the distance and heading between any two fixes (latitude and longitude readings).
• Nation Data Buoy Center - access oceanographic data in real time.
• Ice formation images in Davis Strait.
• National Ice Center - Ice maps, NOAA.
• Ice/Sea Surface Temperature - Nice Image.
• Additional Maps and Maps Index
  • Blank Northern Tracking Map more northerly area
  • Blank Northern Tracking Map "C"(B & W)
  • Blank Northern Tracking Map "B"(B & W)
  • Blank Inshore Tracking Map (color)
  • Blank Inshore Tracking Map (black & white)

How Satellite tags work

• Why use satellite tags to study marine animals
• What precautions must be made in working with
• satellite positions?
• How to interpret satellite tag data
• Understanding and using dive data
• How a satellite tag is placed on a marine animal
• Movie of a satellite tag being attached to a seal
• Slide shows of seals being tagged and released
• Study Guide questions to use with satellite tag data
• Argos Satellite System

Lessons and Curriculum Connections

• Resources useful to teachers using satellite tag data with students