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the Right Whale Migration Study Background:
Follow along with Anne Smrcina, Education Coordinator at Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary and her exciting reports of sightings of Northern Right Whales. Right whales journey north in their spring migration from warm waters off the shores of Georgia and the Caribbean to the northern summer feeding waters in the North Atlantic.
Students can explore the ocean process of "upwelling" which creates a far-reaching food chain that whales and many other ocean creatures depend upon. In addition, students can study the conservation issues facing these endangered creatures and explore why one species, the humpback, is making a stronger recovery than the northern right whale.
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